Disposable medical shoe covers were also one of the strategic items in short supply at the front during the "Wuhan Epidemic War". Although reports indicate that the new coronavirus is a droplet and contact infection, there have been cases of medical personnel on the front lines who have become infected by not wearing shoe covers. The virus is also suspected to be transmitted by "foot-in-force". The strong contagiousness of the new coronavirus has forced us to pay attention to the quality of disposable medical protective shoe covers. Although YY/T 1633-2019 "Disposable Medical Protective Footwear Cover" has not yet been officially implemented (May 1st), Byrne Testing, as a professional protective footwear manufacturer, has been working on the implementation of this standard. However, Byrne Testing, as a professional protective equipment testing organization, was the first to organize a study of the relevant regulations, which we would like to share with you here.

Specifications and structure testing

According to YY/T 1633-2019, disposable medical protective footwear is a protective boot-like shoe cover used to protect the legs and feet of medical, epidemic prevention and control personnel from potentially infectious contaminants (blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions, vomit, etc.).

In addition to reasonable structure, easy to put on and take off, disposable medical protective shoe covers should also be designed in the form of closure, such as elastic closure, drawstring closure, lacing closure and other ways. In addition, the appearance of the shoe cover should be free of obvious defects, and the connection parts should be flat and tightly fitted.

Performance testing

The performance testing items of disposable medical protective shoe covers mainly require testing of water penetration resistance, synthetic blood penetration resistance, surface moisture resistance, breaking strength, elongation at break, filtration efficiency, microbial indicators, and ethylene oxide residue. Among them, the microbiological indicators mainly require the detection of bacterial colony, coliform, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, golden staphylococcus, hemolytic streptococcus and fungal colony.

We in the actual production of disposable medical protective shoe covers, according to the test data research, isolation performance, good waterproof effect, good abrasion resistance, excellent corrosion resistance, tear resistance, anti-peel performance, good ventilation performance, can be medical wearer socks pants feet and other parts of the complete package, easy to put on and take off replacement. Protective shoe covers that pass these index tests are more popular.