BALTIMORE, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Avon Protection Systems wishes to correct and clarify its news release issued on March 10, 2009 regarding the ST53 SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus) system and any implications about NIOSH approval, specifically: Avon - ISI, a subsidiary of the Avon Rubber group, received the NIOSH approvals for the ST53 SCBA system (TC-13F-0573, TC-13F-0574, TC-13F-0575) and not Avon Protection Systems;The ST53 SCBA system does not currently have NIOSH approval for CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) agents.

BALTIMORE, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The new 15-minute NH15 escape hood from Avon Protection Systems, part of Avon Rubber p.l.c., has been awarded full NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Air Purifying Escape Respirator (APER) approval (number TC-14G-0302).

ST53 system combines Avon's FM53 mask with its ISI developed SCBA system BALTIMORE, March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Offering the latest in modular respiratory protection, Avon Protection Systems - a subsidiary of Avon Rubber p.l.c.

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