Eyewash

The eyewash is a technical device for first aid ( emergency shower ), which is mainly used in laboratories and manufacturing facilities. Using the Eye Wash the eyes can ( and of course the face ) are flushed to remove foreign bodies or to dilute contaminants until a doctor can intervene to further treatment. It is operated by the injured person or third parties.

A distinction is made fast to the drinking water network connected systems and portable units ( wash bottles ) and tank systems. Portable flushing bottles in combination with a special flushing fluid include, inter alia, to equip the vehicles that are used in the emergency service. The requirements for eyewash, as those standardized by other Notduscheneinrichtungen, within the European Union and the United States.