The voice over the intercom at Kalispell Regional Medical Center sounded chilling. "All visitors and staff use the emergency department doors only. All other doors are restricted until further notice.

EXETER — The decontamination unit at Exeter Hospital was put to the test during a mock drill on Thursday afternoon in front of the facility's emergency department. Under the drill on Sept. 30, ...

The Harvard School of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Exercise Program offers a free Hospital Decontamination Self-Assessment Tool to help hospitals evaluate their decontamination ...

Participants in a 5k-run have just become victims of a chemical terrorist attack. A chemical mist blown through fans sprayed about 130 runners; they need to be decontaminated. This hypothetical ...

Whether selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) reduces mortality among patients undergoing mechanical ...

NASHUA – The medical staff and first responders ran around the parking lot, looking shockingly like astronauts. They raced back and forth in their full-length plastic suits and yellow rubber boots ...

Sarasota, Florida -- Seven people who got sick inside a Sarasota Planned Parenthood Monday had public safety officials at Sarasota Memorial Hospital setting up for a mass decontamination. “They wash ...

Hospital room and surface decontamination has become an increasingly important point of focus for infection preventionists, but that wasn’t always the case. A manuscript published in the Annals of ...

Oswego, NY -- Oswego Hospital tested its staff Thursday morning to see how they react to a mass number of chemically contaminated casualties during its annual Decontamination Drill. This year’s ...

-Emergency preparedness for potential chemical, biological and radiological decontamination. NORWALK, Calif., May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Norwalk Community Hospital is hosting the Los Angeles County ...

The city is so desperate to find space for the burgeoning homeless population that it’s housing downtrodden New Yorkers in a decontamination unit at a city hospital, The Post has learned. The unit, ...