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'Improvised' decontamination procedures are likely better than nothing for toxic chemicals

11.04.20 | PLOS
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If you encounter toxic chemicals, "improvised" decontamination procedures are likely better than nothing, especially when combining dry and wet removal techniques

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Article Title: "A controlled cross-over study to evaluate the efficacy of improvised dry and wet emergency decontamination protocols for chemical incidents"

Funding: RA, PR-ST-1015-10016, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme, https://www.nihr.ac.uk/ DHSC and NIHR agreed publication of manuscript.

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Article URL : https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239845

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0239845

Keywords

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Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0239845

Contact Information

Richard Amlôt
richard.amlot@phe.gov.uk

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2020, November 4). 'Improvised' decontamination procedures are likely better than nothing for toxic chemicals. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1WR7KDZL/improvised-decontamination-procedures-are-likely-better-than-nothing-for-toxic-chemicals.html
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"'Improvised' decontamination procedures are likely better than nothing for toxic chemicals." Brightsurf News, Nov. 4 2020, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1WR7KDZL/improvised-decontamination-procedures-are-likely-better-than-nothing-for-toxic-chemicals.html.