BPR Medical has launched a new website aimed at providing home oxygen service providers, healthcare professionals, insurers and others with information about firebreak standards.

The website: www.firebreaks.info provides details of the requirement for concentrators with a continuous flow to be fitted with a firebreak. It provides details of the ISO standards governing the requirement for firebreaks and answers many of the frequently asked questions.

Margherita Labson, R.N., M.S.H.S.A., Executive Director of The Joint Commission’s home care program, talks frankly about the challenges of providing medical oxygen in the home and the associated risks of fire and injury. Listen to the podcast at the link below:

http://ec.libsyn.com/p/f/f/6/ff6f1f4ca757a15f/MLabson_home_fires_FINAL.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d01c08733d2cf59731a&c_id=6049284

The US Fire Administration is running a free webinar today titled 'Using Home Oxygen Safely - What Everyone Needs to Know: When a Private Health Problem Becomes a Public Safety Threat'. For more informaiton visit the main story of visti http://eastforkfire.org/Training/USFA/HomeOxygen.htm

The leatest edition of HME News reported on the fire safety improvements in ISO 8359 and how these are being addressed in the US. Read the full story here: http://hme.epubxp.com/i/115574/28

A presumption of conformity to the Medical Device Directive afforded by compliance with EN ISO 8359 will require evidence that amendment 1 is observed by the 31^st January 2013 at the latest. See confirmation of the effective date here http://esearch.cen.eu/esearch/Details.aspx?id=7314685

 Will you be ready? For assistance contact us at cs@bprmedical.com

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