DOCTRINE FOR CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTION

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Subject = DOCTRINE FOR CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTION     

Parent Organization = MCCDC       

Unit = WDID        

Folder Title = MCLLS SEQUENCE 00300  01372  WDID SWA 0131                                                      

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               C. TSP IS EFFECTIVE FOR AT LEAST SIX (6) HOURS    UNDER   HOT
            CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.WITH NO EXPOSURE TO RAIN AND.WITH MINIMAL
            PHYSICAL ABRASION OF THE TSP COATING. HOWEVER, THE EFFECTIVENESS Or
            TSP DECREASES WITH WEAR TIME.
               D. INDIVIDUALS SHOULD USE TSP AS AN ADJUNCT TO     MISSION-ORIENTED
            PROTECTIVE POSTURE (MOPP), NOT AS A SUBSTITUTE. ESTABLISHED DOCTRINE
            FOR MOPP IS FOLLOWED IF AGENT CONTAMINATION IS ANTICIPATED OR
            SUSPECTEDT EVEN IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS WEARING Tc-P. TSP WILL NOT
            REDUCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CHKI"IEMICAL PROTECTIVE OVERGARMENT NOR
            INTERFERE 141TH THE SEALING CAPABILITY OF THE PROTECTIVE t'ASK.
               E. ALL PERSONNEL AT RISK OF EXPOSURE IN A POTENTIAL CHEMICAL
            WARFARE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD USE TSP. THE CORPS/DIVISION COMMANDER
            WILL DECIDE WHO IS AT RISK. AND WHEN TO BEGIN USING TSP AND WHICH
            PORTIONS Or- THE BODY SHOULD RECEIVE FIRST PRIORITY@FOR TSP
            APPLICATION.
            .. F. THE INITIAL BASIS OF ISSUE SHOULD BE TWO 4-OUNCE BOTTLES OF
            TSP: THIS IS SUFFICIENT FOR 24 HOURS OF PROTECTION FROM BLISTER
            AGENT. INITIAL QUANTITIES HAVE BEEN ORDERED FOR 100 PERCENT OF
            SHORE PERSONNEL AND TEN (10) PERCENT OF SHIPBOARD PERSONNEL.
            3. APPLICATION OF TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT. TSP IS A PHISICAL




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            BARRIER WHICH REDUCES EXPOSURE OF UNPROTECTED SKIN TO BLISTER
            AGENTS. THEREFORE, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROBUCT IS
            STRICTLY'DEPENI:,ENT ON THE T ICKNESS OF THE FILM, THE LENGTV. OF TIME
            BETWEEN REAPPLRCATIONS AND AGENT EXPOSURE (WEAR TIME), AND WHETHER
            THE PRODUCT IS PRESENT ON THE BODY AREA EXPOSED TO THE VESICANT AGENT.
                A. SKIN SURFACE COVERAGE. WHEN APPLYING T.SP TO TH=- SKIN, FIRST
            PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO COVERING THOSE AREAS OF THE BODY ADJACENT
            TO TUE CLOSURES OF THE CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE OVERGARMENT (CPO)% THE
            NECK, WRISTS/BACrS OF HAND, AND LOWER LEGS (AREA AROUND THE TOP OF
            THE BOOTS. DEPENDING ON THE THREAT AND LEVEL DP MOPP, COMMANDERS MAY
            ORDER ADDITIONAL TSP BE APPLIED TO THE ARM PITS, GROIN AREA, (:4--%-3
            AND'CRACK OF THE BUTTOCKS, AND AROUND THE BELT LINE. THE EFFECT OF
            TSP ON OPEN WOUND HEAllt4G IS NOT KNOWN, THEREFORE, DO NOT APPLY TSP
            TO OPEN WOUNDS OR REMOVE BANDAGES TO APPLY TSP TO THESE AREAS.
                B. THICKNESS OF TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT. SPREAD ONE (1) OUNCE
            OF TSP OVER THE SKIN OF THE NECK, WRISTS/BACKS OF HANDS, AND LOWER LEGS
          .:(AREAR AROUND THE TOP OF THE BOOTS). THIS AMOUNT OF T$P WILL
            PRODUCE A-COATING ON THE SKIN WHICH 19 COLORLESS, BUT DETECTABLE
            BY TOUCH. A SECOND OUNCE OF TSP MAY BE APPLIED-TO-THE 'ARM PITS,
            GROIN AREA, CEASES AND CRACK OF THE allTTOCKS, AND AROUND THE BELT



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                C.  WEAR TIME. THE TSP WEARS OFF WITH TIME. FACTORS     WHICH MAY





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