Columbus Supply

:: Features

• New requirements address protection for medical first receivers in addition to emergency medical responders.
• Additional items of emergency medical protective clothing and equipment have been added, including head protection (helmets); facemasks, eye and face protection devices; and a CBRN protective ensemble that will provide limited protection from biological terrorism agents and radiological particulates for emergency medical responders that could be encountered during terrorism incidents and for medical first receivers at facilities where victims of a CBRN terrorism incident may be brought by emergency medical services, or where contaminated victims of a CBRN incident could self-present.
• Product labeling, design, performance, and test method requirements have been expanded to cover the new types of PPE added.
• Definitions have been updated to be consistent with the latest edition of the Glossary of Project
• Definitions for this Project.
• Additional annex material assists purchasers and users of this standard in understanding the protections afforded.