Workshop solutions and cleaning
—As an emergency response team, we know your job doesn’t end when the rescue is finished. For this reason, we support you with tailormade services and workshop solutions for optimised workflow and equipment maintenance. This assists you to reduce your overall cost of ownership while getting the most out of your budget.
Avoiding contamination in the workshop
—Cleaning contaminated protective equipment poses significant health risks. Clearly defined processes, divided into contaminated and clean phases, protect service technicians in the workshop from harmful substances on contaminated equipment.
How to make your cleaning job a safe job
Modern Workshop Design Interview
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Being ready for an emergency starts with a suitable workshop layout, with the separation of "dirty" and "clean" areas. Take a look at how our PPE maintenance processes can help. They are supported by cleaning & drying equipment, automated test equipment and asset management. In addition, practical recommendations and solutions reduce service technicians exposure to hazardous substances and ensure efficient and effective cleaning.
Follow the 6 steps of the cleaning circle
—Professionally cleaned and serviced equipment ensures the safety of the user.
We support you with tailor-made services, service equipment or complete workshop solutions for optimized workflows. Follow the six steps of safe PPE reconditioning to learn more about the steps and our product solutions.
Inbound logistics and registration of contaminated equipment
After an incident all contaminated fire fighters personal protective equipment is transported in closed containers to the profession workshop service. The task: offloading, registration, and validation of approval of cylinders and then forwarding all delivered items to the first station in the workshop circle.
Learn more about our solutions for inbound logistic, registration and safer handling of contaminated equipment:
Dräger X-pect® 8100 Cover Spectacles
Dräger X-pect® 8500 Goggles
Dräger X-plore® 8000
Dräger X-plore® 1700+
Dräger SPC 4400 / SPC 4800 / SPC 4900
Video series: How to clean your PPE manually
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Cleaning contaminated PPE appropriately is crucial for the following reasons:
- The equipment can be contaminated from hazardous substances which may harm the health of the wearer in the future or they can contain germs and pathogens from the previous user.
- Following recommended manufacturer cleaning protocols can support the functionality of your Dräger equipment, whilst preserving the life of the equipment.
To support you, Dräger has teamed up with industry experts to test a variety of different cleaning methods and agents and their compatibility with over 1.200 Dräger products. This resulted in an extensive portfolio of high quality cleaning and disinfection products for reprocessing of your Dräger devices & PPE to keep you safe, and your products performing to their optimum.
In our manual cleaning video series, we show what it takes to clean and, where needed, disinfect PPE. You are introduced to how to lessen the risk of contamination on one side and how to preserve the material on the other.
Have a look into the manual cleaning video for the Dräger PSS AirBoss here and further ones in our playlist!
Professional Cleaning of PPE for Fire Services
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Even after the flames are put out, these substances remain in soot and vapors on the surface of the protective equipment, contaminating it. Learn more about the health risks which come with this and how you can get rid of the hazardous substances with the right solutions for an appropriate cleaning approach.
Introduction to firefighter equipment cleaning
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The Principals of Equipment Cleaning
Firefighting equipment is useless if it’s not properly cleaned. But, what is the difference between cleaning and disinfection? What determines a safe and effective cleaning process? Get the answers to these questions and learn the four parameters that determine cleaning performance in this video and check out our cleaning posters in the downloads section.
The Effectiveness of Cleaning Methods
Fire equipment cleaning methods vary greatly around the world. Dräger fire services teamed up with experts in the industry to test differing processes and identify the best cleaning procedures and agents for use with Dräger equipment.
Additional downloads
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4 parameters that determine cleaning effectiveness
These parameters, so called the ‘Sinner’s circle,’ were developed in 1959. The four parameters are variable and can be combined depending on the degree of the contamination of the contaminated surface and on available resources.
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