Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) has become a household term since the pandemic, emphasizing its critical role for first responders and healthcare professionals. However, for firefighters facing extreme conditions, ensuring PPE is not only functional but also thoroughly cleaned is paramount to safeguarding their health. This need rises above the standard cleaning methods, as firefighting gear […]
PPE: How Omegasonics is Helping Firefighters Reduce Risk of Cancer
PPE is an acronym that most people were unfamiliar with until the pandemic hit. All of a sudden, everyone knows what PPE is and how vital it is for first responders and the health care industry. This stands for Personal Protection Equipment. The equipment alone, however, is not enough to keep our first responders, especially […]
Cleaning and Sterilizing Medical PPE with an Ultrasonic Cleaner
One visit into a room with a patient infected with a virus such as Ebola generates an enormous amount of contaminated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Cleaning PPE with normal cleaning methods is not enough. So what can be done to prevent the continual replacement of expensive PPE? A good bit of the PPE is disposable and […]
Ultrasonic Cleaning of Personal Protection Equipment
Fire fighters have some of the most dangerous jobs in our country. Not only are they placed in life threatening situations on a regular basis, but did you know that their gear, also referred to as Personal Protective Equipment, or “PPE” for short, can also become health hazards for them? I’ve spoken with many fire […]
