Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear decontamination: Recent trends and future perspective

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) decontamination is the removal of CBRN material from equipment or humans. The objective of the decontamination is to reduce radiation burden, salvage equipment, and materials, remove loose CBRN contaminants, and fix the remaining in place in pre...

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Main Authors:	Kumar, Vinod, Goel, Rajeev, Chawla, Raman, Silambarasan, M., Sharma, Rakesh Kumar
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2010
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148627/

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spelling	pubmed-31486272011-08-09 Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear decontamination: Recent trends and future perspective Kumar, Vinod Goel, Rajeev Chawla, Raman Silambarasan, M. Sharma, Rakesh Kumar Symposium Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) decontamination is the removal of CBRN material from equipment or humans. The objective of the decontamination is to reduce radiation burden, salvage equipment, and materials, remove loose CBRN contaminants, and fix the remaining in place in preparation for protective storage or permanent disposal work activities. Decontamination may be carried out using chemical, electrochemical, and mechanical means. Like materials, humans may also be contaminated with CBRN contamination. Changes in cellular function can occur at lower radiation doses and exposure to chemicals. At high dose, cell death may take place. Therefore, decontamination of humans at the time of emergency while generating bare minimum waste is an enormous task requiring dedication of large number of personnel and large amount of time. General principles of CBRN decontamination are discussed in this review with emphasis on radiodecontamination. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3148627/ /pubmed/21829318 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-7406.68505 Text en © Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Kumar, Vinod Goel, Rajeev Chawla, Raman Silambarasan, M. Sharma, Rakesh Kumar
spellingShingle	Kumar, Vinod Goel, Rajeev Chawla, Raman Silambarasan, M. Sharma, Rakesh Kumar Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear decontamination: Recent trends and future perspective
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title	Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear decontamination: Recent trends and future perspective
title_short	Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear decontamination: Recent trends and future perspective
title_full	Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear decontamination: Recent trends and future perspective
title_fullStr	Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear decontamination: Recent trends and future perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear decontamination: Recent trends and future perspective
title_sort	chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear decontamination: recent trends and future perspective
description	Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) decontamination is the removal of CBRN material from equipment or humans. The objective of the decontamination is to reduce radiation burden, salvage equipment, and materials, remove loose CBRN contaminants, and fix the remaining in place in preparation for protective storage or permanent disposal work activities. Decontamination may be carried out using chemical, electrochemical, and mechanical means. Like materials, humans may also be contaminated with CBRN contamination. Changes in cellular function can occur at lower radiation doses and exposure to chemicals. At high dose, cell death may take place. Therefore, decontamination of humans at the time of emergency while generating bare minimum waste is an enormous task requiring dedication of large number of personnel and large amount of time. General principles of CBRN decontamination are discussed in this review with emphasis on radiodecontamination.
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Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear decontamination: Recent trends and future perspective

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