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Understanding Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

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Learn how to choose and use personal protective equipment—PPE—for maximum effectiveness.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Protect yourself with personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • PPE is personal
1. Role of PPE
  • Selecting PPE
  • Putting the personal in PPE
  • Matching the PPE to the hazard
  • Identifying the hazard with GHS and SDS
  • Selecting PPE in a crisis
2. Types of PPE
  • Understanding respiratory hazards
  • Deciding to use a respirator
  • Respiratory protection
  • Eye and face protection
  • Hearing protection
  • Hand and foot protection
  • Head protection
  • Skin protection
3. PPE Best Practices
  • Fit testing
  • Donning and doffing
  • Cleaning and sanitizing
Next Steps
  • Caring and storage
  • Conclusion

Taught by

Jim Rogers

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