PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-698

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 698

JANUARY 2011
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-698 - Page 25 of 33
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PS 698
JAN 11
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PS 698
JAN 11
Uncoded Hand-held Assays (Operational)
Dear Editor,
Here at the Ft Drum DOL, we have had three out of four of the
installation’s chemical biological protective shelters (CBPS) turned in
because of damage to the hydraulic overflow container.
This damage could be avoided if operators
regularly checked the overflow container,
which is mounted behind the driver’s seat
under the shelter.
Operators need to check the container
weekly for cracks and missing or damaged
fasteners and empty it.
It is the failure to empty the container that is
causing the damage. In Ft Drum’s extreme cold,
water is freezing in the container and rupturing
it. The whole container has to be replaced. Plus,
once the container starts leaking, fluids drip to
the ground, causing an environmental concern.
Charles Petrus
DOL
Ft Drum, NY
Editor’s note:
Excellent suggestion, Charles, especially for
CBPS units where winters are harsh. Don’t forget tvhe hydraulic
overfow container, operators, during your weekly PMCS.
NSN 6665-
Item
Bio-sampling kit (uncoded/operational)
01-559-3857
Unit Price
$103.00
Unit of Issue
Box of 10
Hand-held assay panels (uncoded/operational)
01-559-3850
$575.00
Box of 10
NSN 6665-01-559-
1927 (brucella spp)
1928 (bacillus anthracis)
1931 (francisella tularemia)
1932 (ricin toxin)
1933 (botulinum toxin A/B/E)
1934 (coxiella burnetii)
1935 (staphylococcus enterotoxin B)
3843 (bacillus globigii)
3844 (erwinia herbicola)
3845 (Venezuelian equine
encephalitis virus)
3846 (orthopox virus)
3847 (yersinia pestis)
3848 (ovalbumin)
3849 (MS2 virus)
CBRN…
Bio Items
Now Have
NSNs
CBPS System…
empty hydraulic
overflow container
Failure to empty hydraulic over-
flow container leads to ruptures
uh-oh!
I think my
hydraulic overflow
container just
ruptured
in this
freezing weather!
I wish
SoMeOne had
emptied
it!
Many of the
bio-sampling kits
and individual
assays from the
critical reagents
program (CRP)
now have NSNs.
Here they are…
The unit
price of all
these is
$109
and the unit
of issue is a
box of 10.
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