POWDER SUCTION AND REMOVAL APPARATUS AND POWDER SUCTION AND REMOVAL METHOD

摘要

Provided is a suction and removal apparatus which reduces the risk of orally inhaling highly active pharmacological substances attached to the garments and re-scattered while changing the clothes and prevents the leakage of such powder to the external environment. The suction and removal apparatus is for sucking and removing in a closed room powder attached to the garments of a person, and includes a suction device, a suction head containing a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter and having a suction port, and a flexible tube connected between the suction device and the suction head. The suction port of the suction head has a cap that closes the suction port, the connection between the suction head and the flexible tube is attachable and detachable, and the suction device is installed outside or inside the room and the suction head and part of the flexible tube are installed inside the room.