PPE intended to prevent the surface contact of all or part of the body with substances and mixtures which are hazardous to health or with harmful biological agents must be capable of preventing the penetration or permeation of such substances and mixtures and agents through the protective integument under the foreseeable conditions of use for which the PPE is intended.
Ní mór go mbeadh sé ar chumas TCP atá ceaptha chun teagmháil a dhéanann an corp iomlán nó cuid de le dromchla ar a bhfuil substaintí agus meascáin atá guaiseach ó thaobh sláinte nó le hoibreáin dhíobhálacha bhitheolaíocha cosc a chur ar threá nó tréscaoileadh substaintí den sórt sin, na meascán agus na n-oibreán sin tríd an bhforchlúid chosanta faoi na dálaí úsáide intuartha atá beartaithe don TCP.