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Evaluating methods for the use and decontamination of needleless connectors: A qualitative inquiry

, 2022
Background: Needleless connectors (NCs) are essential devices designed to provide safe, needle-free connection between venous access devices, syringes and infusions.
Cooke, Marie, Marsh, Nicole, Cooke, M, Larsen, Emily N., Marsh, N, Flynn, J, August, Deanne, August, D, Ullman, AJ, McCarthy, AL, Flynn, Julie, Ullman, Amanda J., Larsen, EN, Keogh, S, Keogh, Samantha, Rickard, Claire M., Rickard, CM, McCarthy, Alexandra L.   +17 more
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Volunteer trials of a novel improvised dry decontamination protocol for use during mass casualty incidents as part of the UK'S Initial Operational Response (IOR).

PLoS ONE, 2017
Previous studies have demonstrated that rapid evacuation, disrobing and emergency decontamination can enhance the ability of emergency services and acute hospitals to effectively manage chemically-contaminated casualties.
Richard Amlôt, Holly Carter, Lorna Riddle, Joanne Larner, Robert P Chilcott   +4 more
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Effective responder communication improves efficiency and psychological outcomes in a mass decontamination field experiment: implications for public behaviour in the event of a chemical incident.

PLoS ONE, 2014
The risk of incidents involving mass decontamination in response to a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear release has increased in recent years, due to technological advances, and the willingness of terrorists to use unconventional weapons ...
Holly Carter, John Drury, Richard Amlôt, G James Rubin, Richard Williams   +4 more
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Persistent impact of Fukushima decontamination on soil erosion and suspended sediment

Nature Sustainability, 2022
In Fukushima, government-led decontamination reduced radiation risk and recovered 137Cs-contaminated soil, yet its long-term downstream impacts remain unclear.
Bin Feng, Y. Onda, Y. Wakiyama, K. Taniguchi, Asahi Hashimoto, Yupan Zhang   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Decontamination and Reuse of N95 Respirators with Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor to Address Worldwide Personal Protective Equipment Shortages During the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Applied biosafety : journal of the American Biological Safety Association, 2020
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed a tremendous amount of strain on resources in the health care setting. One of the most pressing issues is the rapid depletion of personal protective equipment (PPE) used in the care of patients.
Antony Schwartz, M. Stiegel, Nicole M H Greeson, Andrea R. Vogel, W. Thomann, Monte D. Brown, G. Sempowski, T. S. Alderman, J. Condreay, J. A. Burch, C. Wolfe, Becky A. Smith, Sarah S. Lewis   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dry Heat as a Decontamination Method for N95 Respirator Reuse

, 2020
A pandemic such as COVID-19 can cause a sudden depletion in the worldwide supply of respirators, forcing healthcare providers to reuse them.
Chamteut, Oh, Gemma G., Clark, Vishal, Verma, Elbashir, Araud, Thanh H., Nguyen, Hezi, Bai, Joseph V., Puthussery   +6 more
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N95 Mask Decontamination using Standard Hospital Sterilization Technologies

medRxiv, 2020
The response to the COVID19 epidemic is generating severe shortages of personal protective equipment around the world. In particular, the supply of N95 respirator masks has become severely depleted with supplies having to be rationed and health care ...
Anand Kumar, S. Kasloff, Anders Leung, T. Cutts, J. Strong, K. Hills, G. Vazquez-Grande, Barret Rush, S. Lother, R. Zarychanski, J. Krishnan   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Management of decontamination in chemical accidents: a laboratory model

Scientific Reports, 2023
Rapid and efficient decontamination of the skin is a major task for emergency rescue services in the event of a chemical accident involving humans.
Tobias Hundhammer, Regina Lindner, Leopold Caccia, Hannes Langbehn, Walter Petermichl, Michael Dittmar, Michael Gruber   +6 more
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Analysis of system decontamination effectiveness by development of decontamination factor evaluation program

Nuclear Engineering and Technology
This study compares how the change in decontamination scope affects the total decontamination factor (DF) in system decontamination of Kori Unit 1 (Kori-1), by development of decontamination factor evaluation program (DFEP). The DFEP calculates the total
Jeseok Song, Chang-Lak Kim
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Evaluation of decontamination methods for commercial and alternative respirator and mask materials – view from filtration aspect

Journal of Aerosol Science, 2020
This study aims to evaluate the filtration performance of three commercially available (3M 8210 respirator, Halyard 48207 surgical mask, and 3M 1820 procedure mask) and two alternative face mask and respirator materials (Halyard H600 sterilization wrap ...
Qisheng Ou, Chenxing Pei, Seong Chan Kim, E. Abell, D. Pui   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source