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

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Response from medical and emergency personnel during the recent Boston Marathon attacks has been heralded as one of the best because of the planning and practice of ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- With team members located in both Edgewood and Rock Island, the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center's Decontamination Engineering Branch, under Sustainment Engineering ...

According to the National Fire Academy, "Decontamination is a chemical or physical process used to remove and prevent the spread of contaminants from an emergency scene due to their ability to cause ...

Indonesia lifts radiation seals in Cikande after Cesium-137 cleanup; minister says area safe and investigation ongoing.

The decontamination process of radioactive Cesium-137 remaining in the industrial area is targeted to be completed by ...

Hundreds of proceedures at NHS Grampian have been cancelled in recent weeks following an issue with equipment at Foresterhill ...

The main purpose of decontamination at a hazardous materials emergency is to limit the spread of contaminants from the release area, or "hot zone," to include the cleaning of responders and their ...

The Indonesian government through the Task Force for Handling the Cesium-137 ensures that the handling of contamination in ...