Objective
- To develop suitable methods and procedures for decontaminating and extending the useful life of CPC
- To develop test criteria for evaluating decontamination efficacy of CPC; and
- To provide users with guidelines for reuse, retirement, and disposal of protective clothing.
- Permeation Calculator Website
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- ASTM F23.30
- ANSI/ISEA 105-2000
- ASTM: develop the standard practice using the "Permeation Calculator"
- ISEA Hand Protection Group: update project progress
- IPP Inc.: reviewed the proposal for the tensile property testing
- ASTM
- ISEA and manufacturers
- Protective clothing users
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Project Scope
- Studies on decontamination efficacy of heat extraction (thermal decontamination), water/detergent, and self-decontamination
- Studies on CPC reusability following thermal decontamination
- Develop software to automate permeation data analysis
Milestones
- Q1 Submitted a technical report on how the Permeation Calculator makes the calculations to ASTM F23.30 chair
- Q2 Submitted a draft ASTM standard practice on the use of the Permeation Calculator for ASTM F 23 ballot; the standard practice is being revised.
- Q2 Submitted a manuscript on Permeation Calculator for journal publication
- Q3 Present the work on Permeation Calculator at AIHce08
- Q4 Submit a manuscript on decontamination efficacy for journal publication
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Outputs
- Manuscripts published or submitted to peer review journals (approx. 3)
- Presentations to stakeholders or conferences (approx. 8)
- Developed "Permeation Calculator" to provide faster and more consistent results for permeation testing data analysis. The software (DHHS NIOSH) publication # 2007-143C is available either on the NIOSH website or on CD by request.
- In addition, this project has resulted in an employee invention report and a U.S. provisional patent.
Outcomes
- Research findings were incorporated into a guideline written by the AIHA Protective Clothing & Equipment Committee for decontamination of CPC and equipment. The project officer was the lead author. Nov. 2005.
- Research findings resulted in a new ASTM work item titled "Standard practice for permeation testing data analysis by use of a computer program", which is being developed by the ASTM F23 committee.
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