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Record Nr.

UNINA9910439159103321

Titolo

Performance of protective clothing and equipment : innovative solutions to evolving challenges / / Karen Lehtonen, Brian Shiels, R. Bryan Ormond, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : , : ASTM International, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-5231-4271-5

0-8031-7695-3

Edizione

[Eleventh edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 311 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Selected Technical Papers

Disciplina

687.162

Soggetti

Personal protective equipment

Personal protective equipment - Testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Get the latest information on the current and future state of the personal protective clothing and equipment industry. This book features 17 peer-reviewed papers from academic and industrial researchers. The papers were part of the ongoing symposia series sponsored by ASTM International Committee F23 on Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment that has spanned over 30 years. Featured papers discuss the challenges facing those developing, testing, and using PPE, and the common goal of increasing protection for all users. Topics include: the impacts of soiling and repeated laundering on protective clothing; physiological impact of PPE; PPE for industry, first responders and members of the military; PPE standards development.