Dear Members,
Allow us to update you with this very short Briefing Note on "Measures to Disinfect Externally Contaminated Gas Packages".
And at the same time refer to our homepage that keeps a Covid19-update.
While the focus of this Newsletter is Covid19, the Work Injury Statistics Annual Report were just released, and these are also included below.
Best regards,
Philippe Cornille, Gen.Sec. EIGA
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BN 26/20 - COVID-19 - Measures to Disinfect Externally Contaminated Gas Packages
EIGA member companies that are producing medical gases are deploying resources to support the healthcare system in order to deal with the current emergency situation due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Gas packages can become externally contaminated due to their use in healthcare facilities, ambulatory services, and homecare settings. It is important that these containers are disinfected in a manner that removes the contaminants, does not cause damage to the package and its accessories, and does not lead to a hazardous situation during the filling and use of these packages.
This Briefing Note is a guideline for EIGA members to be used in addition to EIGA Doc 222 Guidelines for External Cleaning Contaminated Medical Gas Containers. However, in the current circumstances of the “coronavirus pandemic”, it is important that gas packages coming back to filling facilities from healthcare facilities and homecare settings are treated with specific attention, assuming that they could be contaminated.
Gas packages include gas cylinders, bundle of cylinders and cryogenic containers including its accessories.
This publication can be viewed or downloaded on the EIGA Website (restricted to EIGA Members only, please login first) by clicking here.
Covid19 update
EIGA offers via its homepage an update of actions taken by EIGA, by its members, and by the National Associations.
The above Briefing Note is the most recent example, but other EIGA Publications or MultiLateral Agreements are also listed on the homepage.
The homepage since today offers good practices, country implementation and status, actions our different members undertake, and other relevant information as provided by the National Associations and our members. The objective is to provide insights on the status within our membership and in the different countries.
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Work Injury Statistics Annual Report
We are pleased to announce the publication of the Work Injury Statistics Annual Report 2019.
This covers Lost Time Injuries (LTI) and Recordable Work Injuries (RWI) reported for the period 1st January to 31st December 2019 on our WIST Platform.
We believe the figures and charts will enable you to compare the performance of your company with that of our industry in Europe.
The introduction includes an assessment of the results from Mr Martin Snape, Chairman of the Safety Advisory Council (SAC).
This publication can be viewed or downloaded on the EIGA Website (restricted to EIGA Members only, please login first) by clicking here.