scope:

This Recommended Practice (RP) addresses the gowning of personnel as an important aspect of cleanroom contamination control. It provides non-mandatory guidance for the selection, specification, maintenance, and testing of apparel and accessories appropriate for use in non-aseptic and aseptic cleanrooms and other controlled environments.

Included with this RP are the following supplements as Appendixes:

- APPENDIX A. Recommended Garment System Configurations Applicable to Various Air Cleanliness Environments, which identifies garment system configurations for different classes of air cleanliness

- APPENDIX B. Guide to Measuring Cleanroom Garments, which provides recommended garment measurement specifications

- APPENDIX C. Recommended Requirements for Garments That Protect in Short Duration Fire and Arc Flash Hazards, which provides considerations for adapting flame resistant (FR) garments for use in clean-rooms or other controlled environments

- APPENDIX D. Testing, which provides test recommendations and methods that allow for meaningful evaluation of the efficacy of garment system contamination control procedures

- APPENDIX E. Bibliography