BSI Guide for personal protective equipment

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the UK Government wants to make sure that PPE products are available to health and social care workers (“healthcare workers”) as fast as possible. This has resulted in a number of individuals and organizations taking the initiative to support the production of PPE with no previous experience in this field. BSI would like to help those initiatives with this guide, which is designed to explain step-by-step how PPE should be produced and tested, and obtain appropriate certification, to ensure it is safe and effective when being used in a health and social care environment.

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BSI Webinar covering information for organizations wishing to support the efforts to place more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on the market.

To keep manufacturers, distributors and users of PPE updated, BSI have hosted an informative webinar to cover some of the recent changes on the EU Commission Recommendation.

Join Certification expert Nathan Shipley to learn about the new compliance changes in the current marketplace

Watch this webinar replay to understand:

• The PPE Regulation - an overview for manufacturers of PPE including those who are producing PPE for healthcare applications
• The requirements of PPE Regulation so the CE marking can be affixed and product placed on the market
• A summary of the current situation and the new guidelines for;
  • Face masks
  • Eye protection
  • Workwear
  • Gloves
• What BSI is doing in light of the current situation
• A global perspective - an overview of some other local regulatory changes
• Looking ahead – what manufacturers should consider

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