Response · precautionary statement
P353 — Rinse skin with water or shower.
Response statements describe what to do once exposure, a spill or a fire has happened. No substance with a harmonised EU classification carries this code.
01 · Wording
What P353 says
Rinse skin with water [or shower]. The wording is incomplete on purpose. The square brackets mark an alternative: rinse the skin, or shower.
Rinse skin with water or shower. How it usually reads on a label. We show it separately rather than presenting a filled-in blank as the regulation's own text.
Response · GHS revision 9
Reading the official wording. … is a blank the supplier fills in — not a truncated sentence.· [square brackets] mark a part printed only when it applies. · A slash offers a choice, as in POISON CENTER/doctor.
Does your label need P353? That depends on the hazard classes of your product, on whether it goes to the public or to professionals, and on what else is already on the label — Annex IV column 5 lets one statement remove another. Work it out from a classification →
02 · Languages
P353 in the 24 official EU languages
A label put on the market in an EU country must carry the wording of that country's own language version of CLP — not a translation of the English one. These 24 lines are quoted from the consolidated regulation, Annex IV, and are the text to print.
| Language | Official wording of P353 |
|---|---|
| BG български Bulgarian | Облейте кожата с вода [или вземете душ]. |
| ES español Spanish | Enjuagar la piel con agua [o ducharse]. |
| CS čeština Czech | Opláchněte kůži vodou [nebo osprchujte]. |
| DA dansk Danish | Skyl [eller brus] huden med vand. |
| DE Deutsch German | Haut mit Wasser abwaschen [oder duschen]. |
| ET eesti Estonian | Loputada nahka veega [või loputada duši all]. |
| EL ελληνικά Greek | Ξεπλύνετε την επιδερμίδα με νερό [ή στο ντους]. |
| EN English English | Rinse skin with water [or shower]. |
| FR français French | Rincer la peau à l'eau [ou se doucher]. |
| GA Gaeilge Irish | Sruthlaítear an craiceann le huisce [nó glac cithfholcadh]. |
| HR hrvatski Croatian | Isprati kožu vodom [ili tuširanjem]. |
| IT italiano Italian | Sciacquare la pelle [o fare una doccia]. |
| LV latviešu Latvian | Noskalot ādu ar ūdeni [vai iet dušā]. |
| LT lietuvių Lithuanian | Odą nuplauti vandeniu [arba čiurkšle]. |
| HU magyar Hungarian | A bőrt le kell öblíteni vízzel [vagy zuhanyozás]. |
| MT Malti Maltese | Laħlaħ il-ġilda bl-ilma [jew bix-xawer]. |
| NL Nederlands Dutch | Huid met water afspoelen [of afdouchen]. |
| PL polski Polish | Spłukać skórę pod strumieniem wody [lub prysznicem]. |
| PT português Portuguese | Enxaguar a pele com água [ou tomar um duche]. |
| RO română Romanian | Clătiți pielea cu apă [sau faceți duș]. |
| SK slovenčina Slovak | Pokožku ihneď opláchnite vodou [alebo sprchou]. |
| SL slovenščina Slovenian | Kožo izprati z vodo [ali prho]. |
| FI suomi Finnish | Huuhdo iho vedellä [tai suihkuta]. |
| SV svenska Swedish | Skölj huden med vatten [eller duscha]. |
Source: CELEX:02008R1272-20260501, Annex IV. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu — only the electronic Official Journal of the European Union is authentic. Irish is one of the 24 official languages and its H and P texts are printed inside the multilingual Annex tables, but no consolidated CLP has ever been published in Irish — which is why an Irish-primary label cannot be built here.
03 · Legal status
Where P353 is current
GHS is a United Nations model text, revised every two years, and each jurisdiction adopts a revision on its own timetable. A code can be legally current in one system and deleted in another — that is normal, not an error.
| Jurisdiction | Basis | Status of P353 |
|---|---|---|
| EU CLP | Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 CLP Annex IV, Part 2 (consolidated) | Current |
| US OSHA HazCom | 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C UN GHS Rev.7 (final rule of 20 May 2024) | Current |
| US HazCom 2012 | legacy · GHS Rev.3 UN GHS Rev.3, Annex 3 | Current |
| UN GHS | Rev.11 (2025) UN GHS Rev.11, Annex 3 | Current |
Currently in force under: EU CLP, US OSHA HazCom, US HazCom 2012, UN GHS. Sources: EU CLP · US OSHA HazCom · US HazCom 2012 · UN GHS
04 · On a label
P353 usually appears combined
CLP Annex IV defines combined statements as single label elements. P353 is a component of one of them — this is how you will actually see it printed.
05 · Substances
Substances carrying P353
No substance with a harmonised classification in CLP Annex VI carries this code. That does not mean it is unused — suppliers apply it to their own mixtures.
All precautionary statements
The full list of P-codes with the jurisdiction switch lives on the precautionary statements hub. For the hazard side, see hazard statements (H-codes).
Wording quoted from the regulation named above. Substance counts come from harmonised classifications in CLP Annex VI — the statements on a real product also depend on the supplier's own classification. Always check the supplier safety data sheet.