Hmmm... just curious, how do you do weekly flushing of eyewashes as per ANSI standard? And the shower flushing and flow testing?

We did not do flush units on a new science building that came online 3 years ago. This is all new to me.

Vivian Longacre

Safety Training Specialist

Environmental Health & Safety

Cal Poly State University

San Luis Obispo, CA

Direct 805.756.6628

vlongacr**At_Symbol_Here**calpoly.edu

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Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 1:40:06 PM
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Shower/Eyewash Station Audible and Visible Alarms

DCHASers,

During a recent lab renovation, the contractor presented to us wall mounted shower/eyewash stations that have both an audible alarm and visible strobe when activated. The unit also has the ability to communicate back tot he BMS system upon activation. While this all sounds fine and dandy, it has raised a few questions on my end.

1. Is this a new standard being used for installations? I definitely see some practical purposes for this in order to alert others that an emergency has occurred, but I have not come across this before.

2. This raises some design dilemmas on our end.

A. We are installing these as flush mounted systems, so the units strobe and audible alarms would be above the drop ceiling (or we would have to relocate the alarm indicators).

B. For obvious reasons, the contractor was originally spec-ing out installation on walls without electrical just for cost and ease of plumbing. If alarms are necessary, power must be ran to the units, thus increasing scope and cost.

In general, I was just curious as to what kind of new installs other universities were currently putting in place.

Regards,

Brandon S. Chance, M.S., CCHO

Associate Director of Environmental Health and Safety

Office of Risk Management

Southern Methodist University

PO Box 750231 | Dallas, TX 75275-0231

T) 214.768.2430 | M) 469-978-8664

bchance**At_Symbol_Here**smu.edu

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