• ANSI standards outline maintenance and inspection regulations for emergency showers and emergency eyewashes.
• Squeeze bottles also require frequent testing, refilling, and maintenance

Eyewashes and safety showers should be inspected according to manufacturer instructions. Squeeze bottles also require frequent testing, refilling, and maintenance since they lose water to evaporation, become contaminated, and are easily misplaced.

Emergency eyewash and shower maintenance and inspection include ensuring:

• Manufacturer operating instructions are readily available to maintenance workers;
• Plumbed showers are activated weekly to ensure clean, adequate flushing fluid is available and systems work properly;
• Self-contained showers are visually checked per manufacturer recommendations to ensure proper operation and clean flushing fluid;
• Eyewashes and showers are inspected annually for proper activation operations, clean flushing fluids; proper flow, equipment and piping conditions, etc.