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Folder Title: USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIL PROTECTANT
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3. DECONTAMINATION
A. Interfaces.
Responsibility for the development of new skin decontamination devices rests With the U.S. Army
Medical Research and Development Command (MRDC), at FL Detrick. MD. Responsityi1hy for the
devefopment of now equipment decontamination devices rests with CRDEC. Readiness and fielding
responsibilities for both rest with the U.S. Army Armaments, Munitions and Chemical Command
(AMCCOM) at Rock Island, IL with support from CRDEC as required. This division of responsibility
becomes Important in commenting on the possible Impacts of fielding a protective csam.
Since the ICD 1536 cream is intended to be applied directly to the skin, Its greatest Interface with
decontamination equipment will be with skin decontamination kits. MRIDC must evaluate whether or not
the ICD 1536 cream would Interfere or Impact on the performance of skin decontamination materials
applied later. In this particular case, MRIDC did prepare a test plan to address this Issue by Including
testing %With the recently adopted M291 Skin Decontamination Kit. Because of the accelerated fielding
contemplated for the tCD 1536 ere-am. however. CRDEC recommended to MRIDC that the test plan also
Include testing using the older M258Al Skin Decontamination Kft system since R would be the
predominantkitinthenearterm. MRIDCagreed. CRDEChasofferedtoreviewthetestplanSprepared
by hilRDC as a courtesy anc! ole.@ comments d appropriate. especially with regard to the use of the
M258Al ka since h was not a MRDC development
Interfaces between equipme-it decontamination devices and the ICD 1536 cream, for
consideration by CRDEC, should occur In two ar;as: 1) accidental or unanticipated exposure of surfaces
other than skin to the ICD 1536 cream or cream- coated skin and 2) deliberate treatment of surfaces
other than skin with the ICD 1536 cream In an attempt to protect them. Case 1) can be further
subdivided Into a) surfaces which are part of equipment decontamination devices and b) surfaces which
are not. We considered two potential Interactions for each of these cases: presence of the ICD 1536
cream Ingredients might Interfere with the later successful decontamination using equipment
decontamination devices or presence of the ICD 1536 cream might damage, through material
Incompatibilities, the surface to which h was applied.
B. Information to Date.
The specific material In question, ICD 1536 cream, had not been examined before by
Decontamination Systems Division. As a result no information was already available for any of the cases
'dpred. Information was obtained on the lden@ of the components of the formulation. b not n
consi Ln o
their relative proportions therein. The material Is reported to contain triethanol amine stearate,
monoethanolamine stearam,-de, monoethyl diglycol, acetic acid and water. We have not had experience
with those components, except water, but 'rt Is our considered opinion that they are unlikeiy to cause
material damage to any equipment decontamination devices. Those devices are, In general, resistant to
damage from far more aggressive materials.
cipated In the generation of some material
compatibility Information and the assembly of that Information Into a data base. That function has largely
been taken over by those portions of CRDEC whose mission Is NBC Survivability. Nonetheless, Decon
Division has considerable experience and data. The components of the ICD 1536 cream have not been
Included In that experience to date. As a result h Is only possible to state that we think ft unlikely that
those Ingredients will cause substantial deterioration of most military materiel.
It Is extremely unlikely that the presence of the ICO 1536 cream on a surface would Interfere with
the later decontamination of that surface by Standard decontaminants DS2, STB slurry or water. Rapid
reaction of the stearate. stearamide and acetic acid Is to be expected with DS2. Likewise the stearate,
stearamide and diglycol may be attacked faldy rapidly by STB. These materials are traditionally used In
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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-36
Box ID = BX003205
Unit = OTSG
Parent Organization = HSC
Folder Title = USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIL PROTECTANT
Folder Seq # = 13
Subject = COVER SHEET FOR DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 24-DEC-1996