Designation:F1670/F1670M−08(Reapproved2014)´1StandardTestMethodforResistanceofMaterialsUsedinProtectiveClothingtoPenetrationbySyntheticBlood1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1670/F1670M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—UnitsinformationwaseditoriallycorrectedinJune2014.INTRODUCTIONWorkers,primarilythoseinthehealthcareprofession,involvedintreatingandcaringforindividualsinjuredorsick,canbeexposedtobiologicalliquidscapableoftransmittingdisease.Thesediseases,whichmaybecausedbyavarietyofmicroorganisms,canposesignificantriskstolifeandhealth.Thisisespeciallytrueofblood-borne,Hepatitis[HepatitisBVirus(HBV)andHepatitisCVirus(HCV)]andAcquiredImmuneDeficiencySyndrome(AIDS)[HumanImmunodeficiencyViruses(HIV)].Sinceengineeringcontrolscannoteliminateallpossibleexposures,attentionisplacedonreducingthepotentialofdirectskincontactthroughtheuseofprotectiveclothingthatresistspenetration(29CFRPart1910.1030).Thistestmethodwasdevelopedtohelpassesstheeffectivenessofmaterialsusedinprotectiveclothingforprotectingtheweareragainstcontactwithbodyfluidsthatpotentiallycontainblood-bornepathogens.Usingsyntheticblood,thistestmethodisintendedtoidentifyprotectiveclothingmaterialcandidatesforfurthertestingaccordingtoamorerigorousprocedureinvolvingasurrogateforblood-bornepathogens.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodisusedtoevaluatetheresistanceofmaterialsusedinprotectiveclothingtopenetrationbysyntheticbloodunderconditionsofcontinuousliquidcontact.Protectiveclothingpass/faildeterminationsarebasedonvisualdetectionofsyntheticbloodpenetration.1.1.1Thistestmethodisnotalwayseffectiveintestingprotectiveclothingmaterialshavingthick,innerlinerswhichreadilyabsorbthesyntheticblood.1.2Thistestmethodisameansforselectingprotectiveclothingmaterialsforsubsequenttestingwithamoresophis-...
