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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Protective clothing"”.
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Effects of Chemical Protective Clothing on Task Performance using Wearable Input Devices
… hazardous environments that may require protective clothing. Past research has shown that protective clothing interferes with manual materials handling tasks, medical tasks, and manual dexterity tasks. However, little information exists regarding how protective clothing affects task …
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An Investigation into the Effects of Chemical Protective Clothing on Team Process Performance
Chemical protective clothing is designed to protect the worker by providing a barrier between the individual and the contaminated environment. Unfortunately, the same equipment that is designed to help can often cause heat stress, reduced task efficiency, and reduced range-of-motion for the worker. …
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Personal Protective Clothing: Law Enforcement Officers’ Attitudes and Safety Behavior Assessments Toward High-Visibility Safety Apparel
… (HVSA). The importance of raising traffic protective behavior compliance is largely overlooked by misperceptions in the workplace. Relatively few studies have examined HVSA wearing behaviors associated with social psychological human elements. It has still remained unclear as subjective or …
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Plasma modification of metal oxides and textiles: tailoring surface properties for improved gas sensor and protective clothing applications
… materials for applications in gas sensing and protective clothing. By relating changes in the plasma gas-phase during treatment, resulting material characteristics, and application-based performance, insights into how these materials work can be gained. Ultimately, this knowledge allows for a …
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Influence of surface tension and concentration of a non-ionic surfactant on the barrier effectiveness of a microporous polypropylene fabric for pesticide protective clothing
… (PP) film that may be used in pesticide protective clothing (PPC). Aqueous solutions of Triton® X-100, a non-ionic surfactant, at various concentrations were prepared, and the γ of each solution was determined. The immediate advancing contact angles (θ), made by a 5-<i>μ</i>L drop of each …
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Physiological and perceptual assessment of thermal comfort and heat strain in garment wear tests using sleeves: an alternative to full-garment tests of chemical protective clothing
… the thermal comfort and heat strain in chemical protective clothing wear tests. The effect of body sites, i.e. the arms and the chest, and the effect of a Tyvek® coverall on skin temperature and sweat amount were investigated as well. Ten male subjects were selected from college students. Each …
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Use of physiological and perceptual dimensions of clothing comfort to evaluate nonwoven protective fabrics through wear testing of limited-use coveralls
… of this research was to identify nonwoven protective fabrics designed to have improved comfort properties over a fabric currently used in limited-use chemical protective clothing by using physiological and perceptual dimensions of comfort. Fabrics that are both waterproof and breathable …
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Fit and sizing evaluation of limited-use protective coveralls
… One type of garment where fit is essential is protective clothing. Protective clothing should minimize discomfort to the wearer, maximize the level of environmental protection, and provide minimum interference with the task being performed. Because of consumer complaints about the fit of …
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Fibrous Membranes in Personal Protective Applications
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a collection of devices and garments that protect the wearer from hazards and threats. An important type of PPE is respiratory protection devices that reduce the exposure of the respiratory system to aerosols, which may contain harmful components that can …
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Determination of the physiological responses of female fire fighters while working in the heat
… first work bout (WB1), subjects removed their protective clothing, rehydrated and rested in front of a fan until their Trec returned to baseline levels. Then, they completed a second work bout (WB 2) similar to WB1. The differences in Trec and HR between WB1 and WB2 were significantly higher …
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Low Stress Mechanical Properties of Hydroentangled Fabrics
… products, interlinings, blinds, bed linen, protective clothing and others. However, the potential uses of nonwovens in traditional clothing outerwear (e. g. shirtings) are still limited. The low stress mechanical properties of fabrics (e. g. bending, extension, shear and recovery from …
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Softbuilt : computational textiles and augmenting space through emotion
… used to make the first shelters, as both protective clothing and enclosing space. As a liminal space between the body and environment these textiles became places of exchange and communication of information between people and their communities through shelter and clothing. This …
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Assessment of the occupational health and safety programmes in the Health Institutions: The case of the University Teaching Hospital
… many measures have been put in place such as protective clothing, housekeeping, sinks for hand washing, and procedures for disposal of health care waste, among others. However, the findings also indicate that despite the measures put in place: i. Management was not so involved in ensuring that …
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Occurrence of extended –spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae and bacterial loads in dust from poultry farms in Lusaka-Zambia.
… farms comply to safety rules by providing protective clothing for their workers and also close monitoring of antibiotic usage to poultry to avoid dust transmitted antimicrobial organisms to humans, animals and the environment.
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Assessment of the occupational health and safety programmes in the Health Institutions: The case of the University Teaching Hospital
… many measures have been put in place such as protective clothing, housekeeping, sinks for hand washing, and procedures for disposal of health care waste, among others. However, the findings also indicate that despite the measures put in place: i. Management was not so involved in ensuring that …
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Occurrence of extended –spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae and bacterial loads in dust from poultry farms in Lusaka-Zambia.
… farms comply to safety rules by providing protective clothing for their workers and also close monitoring of antibiotic usage to poultry to avoid dust transmitted antimicrobial organisms to humans, animals and the environment.
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A study of heat transfer through clothing assemblies
… to further understanding heat transfer through clothing under different circumstances, in order to provide guidelines for the design and construction of clothing with regard to thermal comfort. In one part of this work, studies were concentrated on the clothing thermal insulation in windy …
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Prevalence and factors associated with acute occupational lung disease among Cotton Ginnery workers in Katete District
… The study recommends the provision of protective clothing, environmental hygiene and periodic medical examination at two yearly intervals to identify those who ultimately will have to leave the industry because of progressive symptoms.
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Systematic view on needlestick injuries
… control, engineering control, personal protective clothing and equipment, employee training, etc., but they have not eliminated needlestick injuries. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the systematic causes of needlestick injuries in Massachusetts hospitals. System thinking …
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The information needs of people with albinism in Khomas region, Namibia
… PWA, including information about skin care and protective clothing, as well as applications for disability grants. PWA who participated in the study indicated that they encounter problems when accessing information. These include the long distances between information seekers and providers, time …
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