Table 1. Summary of Tests

TM 3-6665-254-12

Table 1. Summary of Tests

Bulb

If you get

Test

Using

compression

Add from bottle

(positive test)

You have

1 (para 22)

Detector ticket

white-marked (2 drops)

Square end

nerve agent

red-marked (2 drops)

white or light

G or V (or both)

red-orange

If test 1 is negative, omit test 3.

2 (para 23)

Blue-band tube

nothing

yellow or

orange

If test 2 is positive, omit tests 3 and 4.

If test 2 is negative, use the tube from test 2 with no additional bulb compressions.

3 (para 24)

Blue-band tube

green-marked (1 drop)

yellow (within

1 minute)

4 (para 25)

Blue-band tube

after 2 minutes

purple-blue ring

H, HD, HT, HN

blue-marked (1 drop)

red-brown ring

5 (para 26)

Yellow-band tube

Blue-marked (1 drop)

Blue-green or

L, ED, or MD

blue ring.

6 (para 27)

Green-band tube

Nothing

Green ring

7 (para 28)

Red-band tube

Nothing

Blue-ring

If tests 1-7 do not positively detect the chemical agent, and a chemical agent is suspected, takes

samples in five white-band tubes.

8 (para 29)

VGH chemical agent

Nothing

Yellow

detector paper

Red

H,L,CX

Dark green

9 (para 30)

White-band tubes

Place exposed tubes in en-

velope with completed

REPORT FORM and send to

the chemical laboratory

designated in the unit SOP.

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