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PH/3/3 - Chemical, Biological, Radioactive and Nuclear Personal Protective Equipment

Sector: Governance & Resilience

Categories: Protective equipment. Head | Hospital equipment | Protection. Hand and arm | Radiation protection | Protective clothing | Protective equipment. General | Cement. Gypsum. Lime. Mortar | Protective equipment | Chemical industry. Production | Environment. Health protection. Safety

Overview: Under the direction of PH/3, is responsible for standards for chemical protective clothing and the UK input to ISO/TC94/SC13/WG 3 and CEN/TC162/WG3.

Committee standards activity

In Progress (5)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

BS ENISO 17491-2 Protective clothing -- Test methods for clothing providing protection against chemicals. Part 2: Determination of resistance to inward leakage of aerosols and gases (inward leakage test)

Categories: Protective clothing

Drafting begins : 2017-12-27
Drafting
BS ENISO 13982-1 Protective clothing for use against solid particulates. Part 1: Performance requirements for chemical protective clothing providing protection to the full body against airborne solid particulates (type 5 clothing)

Categories: Protective clothing

Drafting begins : 2017-12-27
Drafting
BS EN ISO 16602-4 Protective clothing for protection against chemicals - Classification, labelling and performance requirements. Part 4: Design

Categories: Unclassified documents

Drafting begins : 2024-09-30
Drafting
BS EN 943-2 Protective clothing against solid, liquid and gaseous chemicals, including liquid and solid aerosols. Part 2: Performance requirements for gas-tight (Type 1) chemical protective suits for emergency teams (ET)

Categories: Protective clothing

Approval begins :
Approval
BS EN 16574 Protective clothing - Protection against liquid chemicals – Performance requirements for chemical protective clothing with liquid-tight connections between different parts of the clothing for emergency teams (Type 3 ET Equipment)

Categories: Unclassified documents

Approval begins :
Approval
Published (32)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

PD CEN/TR 15419:2017 Protective clothing. Guidelines for selection, use, care and maintenance of chemical protective clothing

Categories: Protective clothing

Published standard begins : 2017-12-15
Published standard
BS ISO 22608:2021 Protective clothing. Protection against liquid chemicals. Measurement of repellency, retention, and penetration of liquid pesticide formulations through protective clothing materials

Categories: Protective clothing

Published standard begins : 2021-07-06
Published standard
BS ISO 17491-2:2012 Protective clothing. Test methods for clothing providing protection against chemicals. Determination of resistance to inward leakage of aerosols and gases (inward leakage test)

Categories: Protective clothing

Published standard begins : 2012-06-20
Published standard
BS ISO 17491-1:2012 Protective clothing. Test methods for clothing providing protection against chemicals. Determination of resistance to outward leakage of gases (internal pressure test)

Categories: Protective clothing

Published standard begins : 2012-06-06
Published standard
BS ISO 16604:2004 Clothing for protection against contact with blood and body fluids. Determination of resistance of protective clothing materials to penetration by blood-borne pathogens. Test method using Phi-X174 Bacteriophage

Categories: Protective clothing

Published standard begins : 2004-09-08
Published standard
BS ISO 16603:2004 Clothing for protection against contact with blood and body fluids. Determination of the resistance of protective clothing materials to penetration by blood and body fluids. Test method using synthetic blood

Categories: Protective clothing

Published standard begins : 2004-09-10
Published standard
BS EN ISO 6530:2005 Protective clothing. Protection agaist liquid chemicals. Test method for resistance of materials to penetration by liquids

Categories: Protective clothing

Published standard begins : 2005-02-17
Published standard
BS EN ISO 6529:2001 Protective clothing. Protection against chemicals. Determination of resistance of protective clothing materials to permeation by liquids and gases

Categories: Protective clothing

Published standard begins : 2001-11-13
Published standard
BS EN ISO 27065:2017+A1:2019 Protective clothing. Performance requirements for protective clothing worn by operators applying pesticides and for re-entry workers

Categories: Protective clothing

Published standard begins : 2019-11-06
Published standard
BS EN ISO 19918:2017+A1:2021 Protective clothing. Protection against chemicals. Measurement of cumulative permeation of chemicals with low vapour pressure through materials

Categories: Protective clothing

Published standard begins : 2021-07-07
Published standard
Withdrawn (18)
Reference Standards description
Status ?

The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.

PD CEN/TR 15419:2006 Protective clothing. Guidelines for selection, use, care and maintenance of chemical protective clothing

Categories: Protective clothing

Withdrawn begins : 2017-12-15
Withdrawn
BS ISO 27065:2011 Protective clothing. Performance requirements for protective clothing worn by operators applying liquid pesticides

Categories: Protective clothing

Withdrawn begins : 2018-07-27
Withdrawn
BS ISO 22608:2004 Protective clothing. Protection against liquid chemicals. Measurement of repellency, retention, and penetration of liquid pesticide formulations through protective clothing materials

Categories: Protective clothing

Withdrawn begins : 2021-07-06
Withdrawn
BS ISO 17491-5:2013 Protective clothing. Test methods for clothing providing protection against chemicals. Determination of resistance to penetration by a spray of liquid (manikin spray test)

Categories: Protective clothing

Withdrawn begins : 2024-07-22
Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 27065:2017 Protective clothing. Performance requirements for protective clothing worn by operators applying pesticides and for re-entry workers

Categories: Protective clothing

Withdrawn begins : 2019-11-06
Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 19918:2017 Protective clothing. Protection against chemicals. Measurement of cumulative permeation of chemicals with low vapour pressure through materials (ISO 19918:2017)

Categories: Protective clothing

Withdrawn begins : 2021-07-07
Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 17491-4:2008+A1:2016 Protective clothing. Test methods for clothing providing protection against chemicals. Determination of resistance to penetration by a spray of liquid (spray test)

Categories: Protective clothing

Withdrawn begins : 2024-06-13
Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 17491-4:2008 Protective clothing. Test methods for clothing providing protection against chemicals. Determination of resistance to penetration by a spray of liquid (spray test)

Categories: Protective clothing

Withdrawn begins : 2016-04-01
Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 13982-1:2004 Protective clothing for use against solid particulates. Performance requirements for chemical protective clothing providing protection to the full body against airborne solid particulates (type 5 clothing)

Categories: Protective clothing

Withdrawn begins : 2011-01-15
Withdrawn
BS EN 943-2:2002 Protective clothing against liquid and gaseous chemicals, aerosols and solid particles. Performance requirements for "gas-tight" (Type 1) chemical protective suits for emergency teams (ET)

Categories: Protective clothing

Withdrawn begins : 2019-04-09
Withdrawn