Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for the Decontamination of Chemical Warfare Nerve Agents and Blister Agents
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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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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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 ...
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Evaluation of US Federal Guidelines (Primary Response Incident Scene Management [PRISM]) for Mass Decontamination of Casualties During the Initial Operational Response to a Chemical Incident [PDF]
Study objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and operational effectiveness of US federal government guidance (Primary Response Incident Scene Management [PRISM]) for the initial response phase to chemical incidents.
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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.
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Decontamination and Management of Contaminated Hair following a CBRN or HazMat Incident [PDF]
© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Toxicology.This in vitro study evaluated the “triple protocol” of dry decontamination, the ladder pipe system (a method for gross decontamination), and technical ...
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Removal of Radioactive Cesium Using Prussian Blue Magnetic Nanoparticles
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,
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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]
Decontamination of surfaces and items plays an important role in reducing the spread of infectious microorganisms in many settings including hospitals and research institutes.
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Optimization of Nonambulant Mass Casualty Decontamination Protocols as Part of an Initial or Specialist Operational Response to Chemical Incidents [PDF]
© 2018 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis.© 2018 Robert P. Chilcott, Hannah Mitchell, Hazem Matar. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License ...
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Decontamination characteristics of the low temperature detergent for simulated U(VI) pollution
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 ...
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