Emergency Eye Wash station?

Specialties School

Published

Hi all,

I am working on ordering some supplies and I was wondering if any of you had wall-mounted emergency eye wash stations with a squeeze bottle in it? If so, do you have any advice? I am trying to decide if I want one with a tamper-evident seal or if I want one that you can re-fill.

I do not have an extra sink that I can attach one to. Right now, I have a refillable squeeze bottle one, but it is in a cabinet/not very accessible. The science labs all have sink-mounted ones.

Thank you for your help!

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Pediatrics Retired.

Since I'm on the elementary level, if I had something like that I'd still have to operate it so I just have bottles of eye wash.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

I have an old metal cabinet on the wall that says eye was station on it, but all that's in it is an old plastic bottle with some tubing. I'd be scared to use it honestly. I keep bottle of eye wash on hand instead.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in School nursing.

I have bottles of eye wash in my office. Our science lab, however, does have an eyewash station, but thankfully the science teacher and facilities director maintain it :).

Up Vote Up Vote ×
Specializes in Pediatrics, school nursing.

Our science classrooms all have eyewash stations. At my old school, I ordered a faucet-mounted eyewash station, and it worked beautifully. Now that I switched to a new school, I ordered one of the faucet-mounted ones, and the maintenance guys are refusing to mount it. It's supposedly now a health department violation to have them, but I'm not sure why. I don't have hot water in the sink, and we are on the city water supply.

Up Vote Up Vote ×
+ Add a Comment