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Public perceptions of emergency decontamination: Effects of intervention type and responder management strategy during a focus group study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 In the event of an incident involving the release of a hazardous chemical, first responders may decide to initiate emergency decontamination in order to remove any contaminant from affected casualties.
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Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for the Decontamination of Chemical Warfare Nerve Agents and Blister Agents
Chemistry Proceedings, 2022 International standards and environmental regulations require the development of new decontamination solutions for hazardous chemicals of military interest (chemical warfare agents) and industrial chemicals (pesticides, insecticides, etc.).
Adriana Elena Bratu +7 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 The Initial Operational Response (IOR) to chemical incidents is a suite of rapid strategies including evacuation, disrobe and improvised and interim decontamination.
Samuel Collins +7 more
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2023 Various decontamination technologies have been developed for removing contaminated areas in industries. Although it is important to consider parameters such as safety, cost, and time when selecting the decontamination technology, till date their ...
Inhye Hahm +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 The UK Initial Operational Response (IOR) to chemical incidents includes improvised decontamination procedures, which use readily available materials to rapidly reduce risk to potentially exposed persons.
Felicity Southworth +7 more
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Removal of Radioactive Cesium Using Prussian Blue Magnetic Nanoparticles
Nanomaterials, 2014 Radioactive cesium (137Cs) has inevitably become a human concern due to exposure from nuclear power plants and nuclear accident releases. Many efforts have been focused on removing cesium and the remediation of the contaminated environment. In this study,
Sung-Chan Jang +7 more
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Decontamination characteristics of the low temperature detergent for simulated U(VI) pollution
He jishu, 2021 BackgroundThe research of low temperature detergent is of great significance for the operating and decommissioning of nuclear facilities at low temperature environment.PurposeThis study aims to explore the fluid characteristics and decontamination ...
XIE Yu +4 more
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The efficacy of commercial decontamination agents differs between standardised test settings and research laboratory usage for a variety of bacterial species [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Decontamination of surfaces and items plays an important role in reducing the spread of infectious microorganisms in many settings including hospitals and research institutes.
Benedict Uy +6 more
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Journal of Chemistry, 2018 Using isothermal thermogravimetric data of alkali metal salts (CsNO3, CsCl, LiCl, and NaCl), we conducted kinetic analysis on atmospheric evaporation to investigate the effect of meniscus on determining the condensation coefficient.
In-Hwan Yang +2 more
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Assessment of Environmental Contamination and Environmental Decontamination Practices within an Ebola Holding Unit, Freetown, Sierra Leone. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Evidence to inform decontamination practices at Ebola holding units (EHUs) and treatment centres is lacking. We conducted an audit of decontamination procedures inside Connaught Hospital EHU in Freetown, Sierra Leone, by assessing environmental swab ...
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