ISO 16602:2007 founds slightest performance cataloging and classification necessities for protecting clothing designed to make available safety against chemicals. Protecting clothing items sheltered by ISO 16602:2007 include, but may not be limited to, thoroughly encapsulating suits, liquid-tight or spray-tight suits, shoe and boot, jackets, sleeves, coveralls, aprons, smocks, hoods, and trousers covers.
Chemical protecting clothing for security against airborne particles is addressed by ISO 13982-1, which is referenced in ISO 16602:2007. ISO 16602:2007 does not report safety against solid chemicals in forms other than airborne solid particulates.
ISO 16602:2007 is offered to transport chemical protecting clothing manufacturers with least requirements for testing, classifying, and labelling chemical protecting clothing. To support the users of products covered under ISO 16602:2007, this document proposals descriptions of referenced test methods, strategies for conducting hazard and risk assessments and suggested presentation levels for certain applications. It is not the determined of ISO 16602:2007 to address every single surroundings.