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DuPont Protection from H1N1 (Swine Flu) Virus
30.04.2009
DuPont Protection from H1N1 (Swine Flu) Virus
Guidance for DuPont™ Tyvek® coveralls and accessories related to the H1N1 (Swine Flu) Virus
About H1N1 (Swine) flu
The following document gives you background information on the virus
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1. Transmission of the virus via :
liquid droplet transmission to mouth nose or other ways of getting the infectious matter into lungs or pharynx2. Ways for transmission :
inhalation of droplets by breathing via mouth or nose leading infected hands/fingers into the mouth getting infected matter into the mouth or into the nose3. The protection needed is supposed to cover :
the spread of the virus human-to-human infection animal-to-human infection beside all necessary means via hygiene control and management it is certainly needed at some exposures to use protective clothing - beside breathing protection and gloves the protective clothing has the task to keep the infected matter away from the mouth and the nose of the wearer and the usage-habit (donning & doffing, workload etc.) should be in way that a respiratory-tract-infection is avoided.4. How does protective clothing contribute to the wearer’s protection ?
The main part is the so-called cross-contamination protection body and underwear do not get the infected matter on their surface from which it could be transmitted via hands to mouth and nose5. Requirement for protective clothing :
made of fabric which is a barrier to the virus design which avoids cross-contamination has closures and seams which are tight during exposure and after exposure is easy to use in the above-mentioned sense of protection can be disposed of in bio-safe way6. Which products from our portfolio support this protection level :
TYVEK® Classic Plus, Type 4, 5, 6
TYVEK® Classic, Type 5, 6
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Since there is currently no recommended procedure for disinfection, TYVEK® as a fabric is our best solution.
7. Disposal
Used suits or PPE should be placed into plastic bags Hands should be protected by gloves during that action Once the PPE is in the bag, the gloves can be taken of safely and need to go also into the bag. The bag needs to be tightly closed and labelled by the "Hazardous Bio-Agent" label. Such bags then go to incineration8. Useful documents
More information about the norm 14126 against biological protection and our recommendationDownload
More information about our product affering against infectionDownload
9. Useful links
World Health Organisation
Food and Agiculture organisation
Wordl organisation for animals
Flu tracker
DuPont Animal Health Solutions
DuPont Disease Prepareness