Correct wearing as well as donning and doffing of chemical protective clothing with other PPE is more difficult than it seems. Contamination may go undetected. In this episode we want to show the potential consequences of even minor mistakes during wearing chemical protective garments. 

Every kind of PPE has its own set of norms against which it is certified. It is close to impossible to know all the details of all existing standards. In this episode DuPont team will draw your attention to 5 facts about chemical protective garments that are often misinterpreted.

Since chemical protective garments are PPE, they must be certified according to the European PPE directive 2016/425. EN 14325:2018 defines both "full garment cabin tests" and "fabric tests" for the 6 types of chemical protective clothing. In episode 10 the DuPont team will focus on the different fabric tests for chemical protective garments.

Workers in the oil & gas industry perform many high-risk tasks that involve potential flash fires, mechanical hazards and exposure to a wide range of hazardous chemicals. In this episode we will focus on those hazards and protective solutions from DuPont for the oil & gas industry.

Faced with a huge array of potential hazards, a bewildering choice of protective clothing and the complexity of the certification information, what criteria should be used to select the right protective clothing? The 9-step selection guide answers this question.

DuPont team will explain the definition of thermal protection and explain thermal protection standards. 

The manufacture or sale of counterfeit chemical protection clothing is illegal and jeopardizes the safety of workers because they do not receive the declared level of protection. In this episode DuPont team will explain how to recognize fake Tyvek® coveralls.

Answering one of the most common requests after our previous webinars, we created an episode presenting our  online product selector tool  DuPont™ SafeSPEC™. In this episode we will present the functionalities of the tool and present how it can facilitate the correct PPE selection. 

In this episode we will answer the question why FR face coverings are important in times of social distancing, go through the selection process for face coverings as well as present DuPont Nomex® FR face covering solutions.

DuPont team will explain the thermal hazards definition, how thermal protection works as well as present the families of Nomex^® fabric solutions and new Nomex^® fabric solutions made by Dupont.

Overview & explanation of the different norms and standards linked to chemical protection. We will explain what they mean, how the tests are performed and how they can guide users to make the appropriate protective solution choices.

We will discuss the most important aspects of chemical protection: understanding the difference between permeation and penetration.

The DuPont Personal Protection team will outline the difference between both processes, including what kinds of materials are safest for hazards.