ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 13688 Second edition 2013-07-15 Protective clothing General requirements Vetements de protection - Exigences générales Reference number ISO 13688:2013(E) ISO @IS02013 No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 13688:2013(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO2013 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyrightoffice Case postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2013 - All rights reserved or networking pemitted without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 13688:2013(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Terms and definitions 4 Basic health and ergonomic requirements .2 4.1 General .2 4.2 Innocuousness. .3 4.3 Design, .3 4.4 Comfort. .4 5 Ageing .4 5.1 General .4 5.2 Washing and dry cleaning .4 5.3 Dimensional change due to cleaning .5 6 General size designation ..5 7 Marking .6 7.1 General. ..6 7.2 Specific ..6 8 Information supplied by the manufacturer ..7 Annex A (informative) Performance level .9 Annex B (informative) Flow chart .10 Annex C (informative) Checking the ergonomic features of protective clothing(Practical performance tests) ..12 Annex D (informative) Examples of size designation ..15 Annex E (normative) Pictograms. ..18 Annex F (informative) Environmental aspects .21 Bibliography .22 ii withoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale