Guide for the Selection of Personal Protective Equipment for Emergency First Responders

NIST subjects existing equipment to laboratory testing & evaluation & conducts research leading to the development of nat. standards, user guides, & technical reports. This report covers research conducted under the sponsorship of the Nat. Inst. of Justice. It focuses on percutaneous (skin) protection other than garments -- herein referred to as apparel (e.g., hoods, labcoats, vests, ponchos, aprons, pants, gloves, boots, socks, shoe covers, etc.). It covers 74 pieces of equipment manufactured by: Action International, Bata Shoe, DuPont Tyvek, Goetzloff GmbH, Guardian Manufacturing Co., Lakeland Industries, Tex-Shield, & many others. 49 data fields were used for providing info. relating to the equipment.Fatah, Alim A. is the author of 'Guide for the Selection of Personal Protective Equipment for Emergency First Responders', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756735272 and ISBN 0756735270.