DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL

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SUBJECT:  DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL
SKIN PROTECTANT

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AMPN'SUBJECT     DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL
SKIN PROTECTANT (TSP)//
RMKS/1    TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT, A NEW CHEMICAL DEFENSE
ADJUNCT, WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE THEATER SHORTLY AND BE
DISTRIBUED TO ALL COMPOTENTS       FIRST ISSUE SHOULD BE DESIGNATED ~OR
FRONTLIN~   TROOPS
2     DOCT~~INE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIN
PROTr~CTA~T IS AS FOLLOWS
      ~   -ENERAL
              THE TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT (TSP)  IS FOR USE IN
PROTECTI~G THE SKIN FROM THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL WARFARE BLISTER
(~ESICANT) AGENTS      THE TSP PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL SKIN PROTECTION
BY DELAYING THE PENETRATION OF MUSTARD AGENTS      THE USE OF TSP
ENHANCES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FIELD SKIN DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS
              THE TSP CREATES A PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN THE SKIN
AND THE AGENT, ONLY THOSE AREAS OF SKIN HAVING AN EFFECTIVE LAYER OF
TSP WILL BE PROTECTED
              THE TSP PROBABLY IS NOT EFFECTIVE AGAINST THICKENED
SOMAN NOR VX
          4   INDIVIDUALS SHOULD USE TSP AS AN ADJUNCT TO MISS JON-
ORIENTED ~ROTECTION POSTURE (MOPP), NOT AS A SUBSTITUTE
ESTABLISHŁD DOCTRINE FOR MOPP IS FOLLOWED IF AGENT CONTAMINATION
IS ANTI(I~ATED OR SUSPECTED,    EVEN IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS WEARING

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