How to Wash Eyes at an Eyewash Station | Steroplast Healthcare

When the eye is contaminated, whether by a sharp object flying into it, being splashed with a harmful cleaning product, or any other instance in which the eye is compromised, you need to take immediate action.

Find out how to use a plumbed or portable eyewash station to wash your eye or help someone with an eyewash.

In this video, we’ll cover how to how to do an eyewash/ how to wash eyes following contamination with eyewash instructions.

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How to Wash Eyes at an Eyewash Station

Before Washing the Eye

Refrain from rubbing your eye if possible. Ask someone to help you. They can help you get to the eyewash station, call 999 or 111. They can also help to locate a foreign body in your eye.
How to Perform an Eyewash Using Eyewash Solution

Go to the eyewash station or have someone fetch the bottle for you.
Tilt your head back and squirt a steady stream of the solution over your eye from the inner corner to the outer.
Hold your eye open with a thumb and finger if needed and turn your eyeball up-down, and side-to-side.

Using a Plumbed Eyewash Station, How to wash out your eye

Remove the nozzles covers and turn on the water stream.
Test the temperature and pressure of the water with your hand.
Bend over and tilt your head so the affected eye is at the lowest point.
Hold your eye open with a thumb and finger if needed and turn your eyeball up-down, and side-to-side.

Install a portable eyewash station on your premises today to offer your workforce the best protection against eye injury. Order from Steroplast.

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Products mentioned:
Sterowash Eyecare Kits: www.steroplast.co.uk/sterowash-eyecare-kits.html

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