Chemturion

The Chemturion is a multi-use, positive pressure totally encapsulating protective suit, manufactured by ILC Dover. It is currently used by Public Health Canada, Boston University, USAMRIID and AI Signal Research, the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, and many industrial companies such as DuPont, Dow, and Georgia Pacific.[1]

Medical researcher wearing a Chemturion suit

The Chemturion is based on technology developed by ILC Dover as part of the development of the Demilitarization Protective Ensemble, a one-piece disposable suit used in chemical weapons disposal.[2]

The Chemturion is commonly used in biohazard environments, including BSL4 environments, and is sometimes known as the "blue suit" because of its colour. Other suits used in BSL4 environments include Honeywell Safety's Delta suits, and HVO suits manufactured by HVO-ISSI-Deutschland GmbH.[3]

References
  1. ILC Dover, PPE -Personal-Protection-Equipment. Retrieved on 2011-02-11. Archived 2014-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "the chemturion™ story" (PDF).
  3. Fey, Greg; Leung, Anders; Landry, Laura; Lightly, Gabriel; Kasloff, Samantha; Cutts, Todd; Krishnan, Jay (2021-06-01). "Efficacy Testing of Personal Protective Filters on Biosafety Level 4 Positive Pressure Suits". Applied Biosafety. 26 (2): 66–70. doi:10.1089/apb.20.0073. ISSN 1535-6760. PMC 9134328. PMID 36034692. S2CID 234285937.

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