Personal protective equipment and consumables
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PRODUCT BROCHURE Personal protective equipment and consumables

Legal foundations Eu directives The reason behind the comprehensive range of standards and laws on the subject of personal protective equipment (PPE) is the safety of the user. PPE is divided into 3 categories: CATEGORISATION AND DIFFFERENCES OF PPE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EU REGULATION 2016/425 (PREVIOUSLY 89/686/EEC – A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD APPLIES UNTIL 21 APRIL 2018) • EN ISO 13688 ‒ Protective clothing - general requirements • EN 14325 ‒ Protective clothing against chemicals - Test methods and performance classification of materials, seams, joins and assemblages against minimal risks...

Contents Personal protective equipment and disposables for pharmaceutical, chemical and biological hazards Protective gloves Safety goggles Emergency sets Protective clothing Anti-infection & Pandemic sets Wipe sampling sets Respiratory masks

BERNER INTERNATIONAL Protective gloves Protective gloves The right glove should not just fit – it should also be easy to change and above all, provide reliable protection against hazardous substances. In accordance with the relevant regulations in the EU, the employer is required to provide his employees with suitable protective gloves of the correct category when handling dangerous materials. Berner International offers certified gloves of premium quality - safe and comfortable. Therefore you should pay attention to the quality of your personal protective equipment. Your safety is at stake....

BERNER INTERNATIONAL Protective gloves COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION For the GMP-compliant manufacturing of e.g. cytotoxic drugs sterile single use protective gloves which are suitable for cleanroom use are an absolute must. On request Berner International can automatically send you the appropriate sterility certificates for every batch. PROTECTION AGAINST CHEMICALS AND CMR DRUGS Permeation tests were carried out in Europe in line with the directive 89/686 / EEC (PPE) for many years in accordance to EN 374-3. In 2015, the EN 374-3 standard was replaced by standards EN 16523-1 and EN 16523-2. A new...

BERNER INTERNATIONAL Protective gloves Expert knowledge - glove materials MATERIALS FOR SINGLE USE GLOVES LATEX Latex has been the material for disposable gloves, for medical as well as protective gloves. In the fifteenth century Spanish conquerer brought natural latex from South America to Europe. For a long time no one saw the great potential in the juice of the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis, until Charles Goodyear in 1839 developed vulcanization by chance. Since 1890 examination gloves made of latex have been used in medicine. The material is elastic, comfortable to wear and resistant...

BERNER INTERNATIONAL Protective gloves Further materials Polychloroprene is a high-quality synthetic rubber, which was manufactured by Arnold Collins for the first time in an economical emulsion process. The material, also known under the brand name neoprene, is used for a variety of applications. In addition to protective gloves and the basis for adhesives, the vulcanized variety has become known as a diving and swimming suit. Polyisoprene is a relatively new and currently very expensive material. The latex material is almost molecularly accurate and therefore has the same good stretching...

BERNER INTERNATIONAL Protective gloves Fig. 3: An example of a test cell How do medical gloves differ from protective gloves? Medical gloves are primarily used for hygiene and to avoid infections during the doctor-patient contact. This type of disposable gloves are tested according to EN standard 455 (single use medical gloves). These include a leak test, an examination of the physical properties, a biological evaluation of the gloves (protein content, endotoxin content, ...) and minimum requirements. Chemical protection gloves, on the other hand, are intended to protect the user from...

BERNER INTERNATIONAL Protective gloves Penetration testing of chemical protective gloves Mechanical risks Chemical protective gloves must continue to comply with the EN 374 standard (protective gloves against chemicals and micro-organisms). In the penetration test in Part 2, the glove is examined by filling with air or water on micro-holes. Furthermore, protective gloves according to EN 388 (protective gloves against mechanical risks) are still tested for abrasion resistance, cutting strength, tear strength and puncture force. Only after all these examinations have been successfully passed,...

BERNER INTERNATIONAL Single use protective gloves Dermagrip Ultra LT* Protective glove with innovative SafeDon-dispensing system Short nitrile protective glove for working in non-sterile areas (e.g. preparatory work in the cytostatic laboratory, biology laboratory, oncology ward, veterinary practice, etc.). With the new SafeDon dispenser system contaminations have been shown to be greatly reduced. At the same time the size of the packaging has been reduced. Available as a 200 dispenser box (suitable dispensing system available) or 50 dispenser box for mobile applications. Permeation list:...

BERNER INTERNATIONAL Single use protective gloves Manu Prene XP Latex-free neoprene glove – not just for allergy sufferers Neoprene protective gloves made from especially high quality polychloroprene and protect the user from CMR substances e.g. cytostatics, various chemicals, biological agents and viruses. Due to the material composition these gloves are to be particularly recommended for existing latex allergies. Comprehensive permeation list: Tested for numerous substances. Detailed information available at www.berner-safety.de/manuprene_gb Material ++ 5 year shelf life ++ Sterile and...

BERNER INTERNATIONAL Single use protective gloves Profeel NR Latex glove - low material thickness with good protection Chemical glove with optimised fit for long, fatigue-free working. Due to the low wall thickness the glove also offers good tactile sensitity and is suitable for double-gloving. The inner coating makes it easier to change the gloves, the rolled cuff edge fixes the glove shaft to the coverall or oversleeve. Also suitable for use with isolator rings. Material ++ Sterile ++ Powder-free ++ Low in protein: 12 µg/g ++ Very low allergenic: 0.3 µg/g ++ Anatomical shape ++ Length:...