Skin protection & hand hygiene

Hand hygiene in the lab works best as three steps. Before work, apply a protective product that helps the skin resist water, detergents and frequent glove use, for example the skin protection emulsion. After work or when hands are soiled, clean with a mild lotion that does not strip the skin, such as the nourishing washing lotion for sensitive skin, 500 ml. At the end of the day, use a care product to restore the skin, like the fragrance-free skin care balm, 350 ml. A skin protection plan per workplace helps staff apply it consistently.

For sensitive skin, known allergies or work with fragrance-sensitive samples and analyses, choose unscented products: fragrances are a common cause of contact allergy. Examples are the unscented skin cream, 50 ml and the fragrance-free skin care balm. A light fragrance can make a product more pleasant to use, which helps staff actually apply it, but keep it for people without skin problems, such as with the perfumed skin protection and care cream, 50 ml. In shared washrooms, unscented products are the safer default for everyone.

Yes, but choose a product made for it. Ordinary hand creams can soften glove materials or reduce grip, and a greasy film under gloves increases sweating. Special gels for use under gloves absorb quickly and help the skin cope with occlusion, for example the skin protection gel for use under gloves, 100 ml tube, also available in a 1000 ml dispenser bottle. Apply to clean, dry hands and let it absorb before putting on gloves. Choose gloves to match the chemicals you handle; you will find them in gloves.

A tube is practical for personal use: each person keeps their own skin protection or care product at the workstation or in a lab-coat pocket, as with the 100 ml tube. For washrooms and shared sinks, bottles with a pump or wall dispensers are more hygienic, because nobody touches the product directly. Large refill containers, such as the 5-litre washing lotion, keep dispensers stocked and reduce packaging waste. A manually operated soap dispenser fits standard wash stations. Need a set-up for a whole lab? Tell us the number of workstations: sales@luminixhealth.com.

Skin protection and hand hygiene are the creams, the washes and the sanitisers used before and after gloves. A barrier cream is not a glove. A sanitiser is not a cleaner of a dirty hand. The contact time on the pack is part of the product.

Workwear is the layer between the person and the room. A lab coat is the ordinary coat. A coverall is what is worn when the coat does not cover enough. Cleanroom garments are about the particles the person sheds, not only about the splash. Radiation and hearing protection are specific physical hazards with their own ratings. The rating, not the colour, is the specification. Equipment placed on the EU market follows the PPE Regulation. Practice is at EU-OSHA on dangerous substances.

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