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Protective Equipment / Clothing
Personal Protective Equipment: Eye protection: goggles, safety glasses with side-shields. Skin and body protection: chemical resistant apron, long sleeved clothing, gloves. Respiratory protection: vapor respirator, . be sure to use an approved/certified respirator or equivalent. /Isopropyl Alcohol, Reagent, ACS/
Spectrum Chemical Manufacturing Corporation; MSDS for Isopropyl Alcohol, Reagent, ACS (Preparation Date: April 19, 2011). Available from, as of November 23, 2011: <https://www.spectrumchemical.com/MSDS/P4730.pdf/>.
The following materials are acceptable: neoprene, PVC, paracril/PVC, chlorinated polyethylene, butyl rubber, natural rubber, nitrile, vitron. Unacceptable: PVA. Conditionally acceptable: polyurethane. Note: This ... is ... a guide only. The user is advised to contact the protective clothing manufacturer regarding the specific applicability & limitations of a material under proposed conditions of use.
Ecology and Environment Inc. Toxic Substance Storage Tank Containment. Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Publications, 1985. 161.
Personnel protection: Wear appropriate chemical protective gloves, boots and goggles.
Association of American Railroads; Bureau of Explosives. Emergency Handling of Hazardous Materials in Surface Transportation. Association of American Railroads, Pueblo, CO. 2005. 507.
Breakthrough times greater than one hour reported by (normally) two or more testers for neoprene and nitrile rubber. Some data (usually from immersion tests) suggesting breakthrough times greater than one hour are not likely for natural rubber. No data for butyl rubber, neoprene/styrene-butadiene rubber, nitrile rubber/polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, polyvrethane, polyvinyl alcohol, and viton. Some data suggesting breakthrough times of approximated an hour or more for polyvinyl chloride.
ACGIH; Guidelines Select of Chem Protect Clothing Volume #1 Field Guide p.61 (1983).
Wear appropriate personal protective clothing to prevent skin contact.
NIOSH. NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards & Other Databases CD-ROM. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Prevention & Control. National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-151 (2005).
Wear appropriate eye protection to prevent eye contact.
NIOSH. NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards & Other Databases CD-ROM. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Prevention & Control. National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-151 (2005).
Respirator Recommendations: Up to 2000 ppm:
Assigned Protection Factor (APF)
Respirator Recommendations
APF = 25
Any supplied-air respirator operated in a continuous-flow mode. Substance causes eye irritation or damage eye protection needed.
APF = 50
Any chemical cartridge respirator with a full facepiece and organic vapor cartridge(s).
APF = 50
Any air-purifying, full-facepiece respirator (gas mask) with a chin-style, front- or back-mounted organic vapor canister.
APF = 25
Any powered, air-purifying respirator with organic vapor cartridge(s). Substance causes eye irritation or damage; eye protection needed.
APF = 50
Any self-contained breathing apparatus with a full facepiece.
APF = 50
Any supplied-air respirator with a full facepiece.
NIOSH. NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards & Other Databases CD-ROM. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Prevention & Control. National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-151 (2005).
Respirator Recommendations: Emergency or planned entry into unknown concentrations or IDLH conditions:
Assigned Protection Factor (APF)
Respirator Recommendations
APF = 10,000
Any self-contained breathing apparatus that has a full facepiece and is operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode.
APF = 10,000
Any supplied-air respirator that has a full facepiece and is operated in a pressure-demand or other positive-pressure mode in combination with an auxiliary self-contained positive-pressure breathing apparatus.
NIOSH. NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards & Other Databases CD-ROM. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Prevention & Control. National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-151 (2005).
Respirator Recommendations: Escape:
Assigned Protection Factor (APF)
Respirator Recommendations
APF = 50
Any air-purifying, full-facepiece respirator (gas mask) with a chin-style, front- or back-mounted organic vapor canister./Any appropriate escape-type, self-contained breathing apparatus.
NIOSH. NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards & Other Databases CD-ROM. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Prevention & Control. National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-151 (2005).