Nextteq Irritant Smoke Tube Kit for Respirator Fit Testing and Airflow Indication - Manual (Page 17)

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Nextteq Irritant Smoke Tube Kit Manual
The Gastec Irritant Smoke Tube (Part Number 9501) is manufactured by the Gastec Corporation.
Nextteq is Gastec’s exclusive U.S. master wholesale distributor.
Tel: 813-249-5888 Toll free: 877-312-2333 Fax: 813-249-0188 Toll free: 877-312-2444 www.nextteq.
P/N 9505 Rev F 8/09
Warnings
39. Do not substitute, modify, or omit parts or components. Use
exact manufactured replacement parts in configurations
specified by the original manufacturer. Substitution of
unauthorized parts may result in property damage, accidents,
serious injury, or death.
40. The Nextteq Aspiration Bulb Pump has an internal volume of
approximately 30 milliliters. The pump produces a volume of
approximately 25 milliliters with each complete and uniform
bulb compression plus or minus 5 milliliters per compression.
41. To produce a flow rate of approximately 200 milliliters per
minute with the Nextteq Aspiration Bulb Pump, uniformly and
completely compress the bulb smoothly and continuously
every 8 seconds for 1 minute.
42. To produce a small, weak dilute concentration of smoke using
the Nextteq Aspiration Bulb Pump, slowly and gently compress
the bulb at a controlled, uniform, steady rate until a small,
weak, diluted stream of smoke is produced that is the absolute
minimum necessary to elicit a response from the test subject
being tested.
Then immediately stop compressing the bulb and release
the partially compressed bulb. No additional smoke is to
be generated.
43. Do not insert a Gastec Irritant Smoke Tube into an operating
electronic pump.
44. Do not use a Gastec Irritant Smoke Tube with an electronic
pump for the Sensitivity Check. The electronic pump may not
be calibrated; the flow rate may be set too high; and the pump
may not automatically shut off rapidly. Any of these could lead