An inexpensive and rapid bioassay using adult red flour beetles was developed for use in assessing the decontamination of environments containing organophosphates and related chemicals. A decontamination protocol was developed which demonstrated that 2 to 3 applications of 5% bleach solution were required to obtain nearly complete decontamination of malathion. The bioassay was also used to scre...

Cleanroom garments are used to control the airborne dispersion of contamination from people into cleanroom. The effectiveness garment in controlling is a function fabric and design garments, test methods ascertain discussed this article. These can be when choosing for use cleanroom but were article determine deterioration through use. subjected increasing numbers decontamination cycles, which i...

plant materials have been found useful in decontamination of water polluted with phenolic compounds. the detoxification effect is due to peroxidases contained in plant tissue. enzyme mediated oxidative coupling of phenol is followed by precipitation of the formed polymer and its removal from the aqueous phase. a synthetic wastewater buffered at ph = 7.4 containing 0.9 mm phenol was treated in t...

While most of the focus is currently on communities and the health care service sector to have plans and supplies in place for mass victim decontamination, it is just as important for facilities to have proper decontamination (or "decon") procedures in place for emergencies that could occur at their facilities. Written decontamination procedures are required under the Occupational Safety and He...

BACKGROUND A number of significant chemical incidents occur in the UK each year and may require Emergency Departments (EDs) to receive and manage contaminated casualties. Previously UK EDs have been found to be under-prepared for this, but since October 2005 acute hospital Trusts have had a statutory responsibility to maintain decontamination capacity. We aimed to evaluate the level of prepared...

There is currently a need in developing new decontamination technologies for spices due to limitations of existing technologies, mainly regarding their effects on spices' sensory quality. In the search of new decontamination solutions, it is of interest to compare different technologies, to provide the industry with knowledge for taking decisions concerning appropriate decontamination technolog...

Healthcare associated infection represents a major burden for critically ill patients; a recent point prevalence survey by the Health Protection Agency observed that 23.4% of patients in intensive care units had evidence of a healthcare associated infection.Ventilator associated pneumonia remains the leading cause of nosocomial infection in this population, and, although recent estimates of att...