THE DECONTAMINATION OF PEOPLE EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL,

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BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL OR NUCLEAR (CBRN) SUBSTANCES

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Health Protection Agency

2004

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Contents

1. Introduction

2. Purpose of the guidance

3. Types of Incident

4. Planning Assumptions & Communications Issues

5. Roles & Responsibilities

6. Decontamination

7. Mass and Emergency Decontamination

8. Psychological Effects, Crowd Behaviour and Culture

9. Further Reading

10. Glossary of Terms and Definitions

Appendices

Appendix A - CBRN scene – decontamination diagram

Appendix B - The "rinse-wipe-rinse" method of casualty decontamination

Appendix C - Decontamination Run Off

Appendix D - Signs and symptoms of a Chemical Incident

Appendix E - Signs and symptoms of a Radiological Incident

Appendix F - The United Kingdom National Reserve Stock for use following the release of CBRN

material (“DoH pods”)

Appendix G - Cultural, Religious and Diversity issues

Appendix H - Communications Issues

Appendix I - The Health Protection Agency