BS EN ISO BRITISH STANDARD 22612:2005 Clothing for protection against infectious agents Test method for resistance to dry microbial penetration The European Standard ENISO 22612:2004 has the status of a British Standard ICS 11.140; 13.340.10 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BSENISO22612:2005 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of ENISO22612:2005. It is identical withISO22612:2005. The UK participation inits preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee CH/205,Non-active medical devices, to Subcommittee CH/205/1, Medical textiles, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled"International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the“Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 15 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication This British Standard was Amd. No. Date Comments published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 24 March 2005 BSI 24 March 2005 ISBN 0580456439 EN ISO 22612 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM March2005 ICS 11.140; 13.340.10 English version Clothing for protection against infectious agents - Test method forresistancetodrymicrobialpenetration(isO22612:2005) Vetements de protection contre les agents infectieux - Schutzkleidung gegen infektiose Agenzien - Prufverfahren Methode d'essai de la resistance a la penetration zur Bestandigkeit gegen mikrobielle Penetration im microbienne par voie seche (IsO 22612:2005) trockenen Zustand (ISO 22612:2005) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 16 August 2004 CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. ces EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITE EUROPEEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHES KOMITEE FUR NORMUNG Management Centre:rue deStassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels 2005CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref.No.EN ISO 22612:2005:E worldwide for CEN national Members. ENISO22612:2005(E) Contents page Foreword. Introduction .4 1 Scope. 2 Normativereferences.