Designation: F3050 − 17Standard Guide forConformity Assessment of Personal Protective Clothing andEquipment 1This standard is issued under the f i xed designation F3050; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1. Scope1.1 This guide describes options for conformity assessment(CA) requirements relating to personal protective clothing andequipment (hereafter referred to as “PPE”). This guidance canoptionally be used to def i ne conformity assessment require-ments in a PPE specif i cation standard or in a companionASTMconformity assessment Standard Practice document 2 associatedwith the PPE specif i cation standard. It is understood that theformer approach is not consistent with ISO Directive, Part 2,Section 6.7.1.2 This guide is not intended to require additional confor-mity assessment requirements to any PPE specif i cation stan-dard or to the integral components of the PPE.1.3 This guide def i nes conformity assessment principles andrequirement options consistent with U.S. HHS NIOSH Na-tional Framework for Personal Protective Equipment – Con-formity Assessment Infrastructure as a means to manage therisks to wearers to def i ned hazards from nonconforming PPE.1.4 This guide identif i es potential hazard and risk assess-ment outcomes for which a conformity assessment scheme(commonly referred to as a “program”) can be developed tomanage assessed risks.1.5 It is not the intent of this guide to prescribe anyparticular model of conformity assessment requirements forPPE or its integral components.1.6 The requirements and activities in a given conformityassessment scheme should be determined by a conformityassessment scheme owner or can be def i ned by the PPEspecif i cation standard writers, and should be based, at aminimum, on the criteria contained in Section 6 of this guide.1.7 This guide is not intended to supersede any federal,state, or local laws or regulations.1.8 This guide offers an organized collection of informationor a series of options and does not recommend a specif i c courseof action. This document cannot replace education or experi-ence and should be used in conjunction with professionaljudgment. Not all aspects of this guide may be applicable in allPPE circumstances. This ASTM guide is not intended torepresent or replace the standard of care by which the adequacyof a given professional service must be judged, nor should thisdocument be applied without consideration of a project’s manyunique aspects. The word “standard” in the title of thisdocument means only that the document has been approvedthrough the ASTM consensus process.1.9 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards: 3D123 Terminology Relating to TextilesF1494 Terminology Relating to Protective ClothingF2669 Performance Specif i cation for Protective ClothingWorn by Operators Applying PesticidesF2962 Practice for Conformity Assessment of ProtectiveClothing Worn by Operators Applying Pesticides2.2 Federal Regulations: 4CFR Title 21, Part 7, Subpart C Recall Procedures2.3 ISO Standards: 5ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems – Require-mentsISO/IEC 17000:2004 Conformity Assessment – Vocabularyand General Principles1 This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F23 on PersonalProtective Clothing and Equipment and is the direct responsibility of SubcommitteeF23.50 on Certif i cation and PPE Interoperability.Current edition approved March 1, 2017. Published March 2017. Originallyapproved in 2017. DOI: 10.1520/F3050-17.2 Practice F2962 establishes the conformity assessment requirements for Speci-f i cation F2669. This is an example for having conformity assessment requirementsin a PPE practice document related to a PPE specif i cation standard.3 For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, orcontact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.4 Available from U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent ofDocuments, 732 N. Capitol St., NW, Washington, DC 20401-0001, http://www.access.gpo.gov.5 Available from International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ISOCentral Secretariat, BIBC II, Chemin de Blandonnet 8, CP 401, 1214 Vernier,Geneva, Switzerland, http://www.iso.org.Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. 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