ASTM F3502-24
Standard Specification for Barrier Face Coverings

Standard No.

ASTM F3502-24

Release Date

2024

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)  US  /  ASTM

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASTM F3502-25

Latest

ASTM F3502-25

Scope

1.1 This specification is intended to help ensure barrier face coverings meeting the stated requirements provide (1) a means of source control for individual wearers by reducing expelled aerosols from the wearer’s nose and mouth into the air; and (2) a degree of particulate filtration that potentially reduces the amount of aerosols inhaled by the wearer.

ASTM F3502-24 Referenced Document

• ASTM D3938 Standard Guide for Determining or Confirming Care Instructions for Apparel and Other Textile Consumer Products
• ASTM D5489 Standard Guide for Care Symbols for Care Instructions on Textile Products
• ASTM F1494 Standard Terminology Relating to Protective Clothing
• ASTM F1506 Standard Performance Specification for Textile Materials for Wearing Apparel for Use by Electrical Workers Exposed to Momentary Electric Arc and Related Thermal Hazards
• ASTM F2100 Standard Specification for Performance of Materials Used in Medical Face Masks*， 2025-05-01 Update
• ASTM F2101 Standard Test Method for Evaluating the Bacterial Filtration Efficiency (BFE) of Medical Face Mask Materials, Using a Biological Aerosol of ＜emph type=\"ital\" ＞Staphylococcus aureus＜/emph＞*， 2025-01-01 Update
• ASTM F2302 Standard Performance Specification for Labeling Protective Clothing Which Provides Resistance to Incidental Exposures to Heat or Open Flame
• ASTM F3050 Standard Guide for Conformity Assessment of Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment
• ASTM F3407 Standard Test Method for Respirator Fit Capability for Negative-Pressure Half-Facepiece Particulate Respirators
• ISO 16900-5 Respiratory protective devices — Methods of test and test equipment — Part 5: Breathing machine, metabolic simulator, RPD headforms and torso, tools and verification tools AMENDMENT 1: RPD head forms front and side view
• ISO 2859-1 Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection*， 2026-01-22 Update
• ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories [Standard in French]

ASTM F3502-24 history

• 2025 ASTM F3502-25 Standard Specification for Barrier Face Coverings
• 2024 ASTM F3502-24 Standard Specification for Barrier Face Coverings
• 2023 ASTM F3502-23a Standard Specification for Barrier Face Coverings
• 2023 ASTM F3502-23 Standard Specification for Barrier Face Coverings
• 2022 ASTM F3502-22a Standard Specification for Barrier Face Coverings
• 2022 ASTM F3502-22 Standard Specification for Barrier Face Coverings
• 2021 ASTM F3502-21 Standard Specification for Barrier Face Coverings

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