INTERIM DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL S

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Subject: INTERIM DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL S    

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             SECTION 01 OF 02
             SUBJ:    INTERIM DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL
                      SKIN PROTECTION
             OPER/DESERT SHIELD//
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             RMKS/1. TRISERVICE REVIEW OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR AND DOCTRINAL USE
             OF A MATERIAL TO PREVENT BLISTER AGENT EFFECTS HAS OCCURRED. THE
             DOCTRINE PROVIDED WITHIN THIS MSG REPRESENTS THE COORDINATED
             DOCTRINE ON HOW THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE USED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION
             DESERT SHIELD.
             2. GENERAL
                   A. THE TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT (TSP) IY FOR USE IN PROTECTING
             THE SKIN FROM THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL WARFARE BLISTER (VESICANT
DELAYING
             THE PENETRATION OF MUSTARD AGENTS, BUT IS PROBABLY NOT EFFECTIVE
             AGAINST THICKENED SOMAN OF VX.
                   B. TSP ACTS AS A PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN THE SKIN AND THE
             AGENT:   ONLY THOSE AREAS OF SKIN HAVING AN EFFECTIVE LAYER OF TSP
             WILL BE  PROTECTED. THE USE OFSTSP WILL ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS
             OF SKIN  DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS. TSP HAS A VERY SLIGHT VINEGAR
             ODOR AND CAN BE REMOVED EASILY WITH SOAP AND WATER OR WITH ALCOHOL
             WIPES.
                   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 OF
             TSP DECREASES WITH WEAR TIME.
                   D. INDIVIDUALS SHOULD USE TSP AS AN ADJUNCT TO MISSION-ORIENTED
             PROTECTIVE POSTURE (hOPP), NOT AS A SUBSTITUTE. ESTABLISHED DOCTRINE
             FOR MOPP IS FOLLOWED IF AGENT CONTAMINATION IS ANTICIPATED OR
             SUSPECTED, EVEN IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS WEARING TSP. TSP WILL NOT
             REDUCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CHKKEMICAL PROTECTIVE OVERGARMENT NOR
             INTERFERE WITH THE SEALING CAPABILITY OF THE PROTECTIVE MASK.
                   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 OF 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 PHFSICAL
XPOSURE OF UNPROTECTED SKIN TO BLISTER
             AGENTS. THEREFORE, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROBUCT IS
             STRICTLY DEPENDENT ON THE T ICKNESS OF THE FILM, THE LENGTH OF TIME

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