Individual protective equipment

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Individual protective equipment such as a lab coat, mask, and gloves. 

Little other individual protective equipment emerged during the First World War beyond impregnated leather gloves and linseed oil-impregnated suits for occasional use by troops in areas where mustard gas had been employed. These items were not in general use however, and the war ended before the particular problems associated with the protection of the skin against mustard gas had been studied. The only other notable... 

The level of IPE (individual protective equipment) required would depend on the type of sample being collected and the respective hazards involved. It may... 

Because of its higit toxicity, HCN must be used under strictlyalarm devices. Very convenient pocket-detectors are now commercially available as well as more sophisticated permanent equipment. 

From the foregoing it will be seen that defense against chemical attack presents three classes of problems (1) individual, (2) collective, and (3) tactical protections. The first two of these involve protective measures of a generally passive nature, t.c., principally the provision and use of individual protective equipment, discussed in this chapter, and installations for group protection, treated in Chap. XX. The third problem—tactical protection—concerns modes of action and troop leading, with the new to avoiding gas casualties in the conduct of military operations. 

The availability of individual protective equipment within the Navy is limited if one considers the expanding needs associated with protecting not only deployed forces, but also personnel at bases and shore installations, OCONUS ports, and civilian and logistics support. 

Currendy fielded individual protective equipment includes the MK-V, MCU-2P, M40-A1, and M4-2 masks. Protection is provided by high-efficiency filtration (BW agents) and chemisorption onto activated charcoal filters (CW agents). Future technology may include the use of reactive and regenerative filters in masks. Similar technology is employed in the collective protection units to cap-... 

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Collective protection is the provision of a contaminant-free area where personnel can function without individual protective equipment, such as a mask and protective garments (DOD, 2005). 

Kelm DM, Puxley KPM and Withey WR (2000). The contribution of head and respiratory protection to the human factors burden of individual protective equipment. Report CHS/PPD/TR000259. Centre for Human Sciences, Famborough, UK Defence Evaluation and Research Agency. 

Thorough Decon reduces or eliminates the need for individual protective clothing. Thorough decon is carried out by units with assistance from chemical units to reduce contamination on personnel, equipment/material, and/or working areas to the lowest possible level (negligible risk) to permit the reduction or removal of individual protective equipment and maintain operations with minimal degradation. This may include decontamination of terrain as required. There are three thorough decon techniques detailed troop decon, detailed equipment decon, and detailed aircraft decon. 

IPB— intelligence preparation of the battlefield IPE— individual protective equipment... 

Collective Protection. Collective protection provides the capability to medically manage severely toxic or injured decontaminated casualties in an environment where medical personnel are unencumbered by wearing individual protective equipment. Likewise, the casualties benefit from... 

Protection. Full individual protective equipment will provide complete protection. Protection against field concentrations of irritant agents is provided by the protective mask and ordinary field clothing secured at the neck, wrists, and ankles. 

MOPP Zero Soldiers carry their protective masks with their load-carrying equipment. The standard battledress overgarment and other individual protective equipment that make up the soldier s MOPP gear are readily available. Readily available means that equipment must either be carried by each soldier or be stored within the soldier s arms reach (eg, within the work area, vehicle, or fighting position). Units at MOPP Zero are highly vulnerable to attacks with persistent agents and will automatically upgrade to MOPP 1 when they determine, or are notified, that persistent chemical weapons have been used or that the threat for use of chemical weapons has risen. 

Collective protection serves a vital role in the medical area since treatment of casualties must continue even in a contaminated environment, thus collective protection is required to allow this critical function to continue. In addition, it allows individuals to rest and eat, and provides temporary relief from the individual protection equipment thus allowing continuing military operations in the contaminated environment. Collective protection systems have been designed to be used in either a medical or a nonmedical application. 

Hu Fujing Xing Juanjuan. 2008. GB/T20097-2006 general requirements of the protective clothing introduction [J]. Journal of Chinese individual protective equipment, 08 (01) 76-79. 

Soviet Ground Forces have even more significant compensations. All their modern tanks and armoured personnel carriers have protective seal-out liners and positive-pressure filtered air systems. These features enable their crews to operate in a shirt sleeve environment at periods when NATO forces would require full individual protection. Soviet armour is fully capable of riding over and across contaminated ground and, after rapid decontamination, is able to resume the advance. Other fighting vehicles, including support vehicles, missile transporters, and command vehicles possess either air filtration systems (in the more modern models) or individual protective equipment for their crews. Collective protection facilities, like the PP-2, are also a prominent part of the Soviet inventory. Once erected in the field, these centres enable work to be undertaken without protective clothing or allow soldiers to eat, rest, and complete other bodily functions. They may serve various purposes, for example, as centres for command and communication and as medical aid posts. ... 

The first step will be, in all cases, the establishment of an information and training in risk management. It is generally mandatory at workplace. It is also presCTibed on all packaging products for the consumer, as we explained in Sect. 5.2. Apart from the essential information, two types of preventive measures must be put in place technical collective measures and individual protective equipment. Collective actions must always be the priority. Individual measures can be conceived only when collective action leaves a residual persistent risk. 

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