A semi-automated and patented process for decontaminating and recycling radioactively contaminated heat exchanger tubes has been successfully demonstrated at the Ignalina nuclear power plant in ...

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System has begun a pilot program to safely decontaminate N95 masks using equipment and a method developed by a team of VCU Health doctors and researchers. As ...

(HealthDay News) — The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU) has implemented a thorough process for decontamination after treatment of patients with potential or confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD), ...

This is the second article in our three-part series exploring environmental decontamination in healthcare settings. It discusses the role of nurses in the environmental decontamination process, and ...

HOUSTON – Equipment set up in part of Houston’s NRG Arena is helping to service N95 masks for healthcare workers to reuse. Battelle Memorial Institute’s Critical Care Decontamination System has been ...

Certain methods of decontaminating medical face masks for repeated use during the COVID-19 pandemic appear to damage the masks' integrity and protective function, according to new research. Certain ...

Decontamination is defined as the process of removing or neutralizing a hazard from the environment, property, or life form. The principal objectives of this process are to prevent further harm and ...

Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center staff, EMS, and Fire crews are preparing for a potential HAZMAT situation in Johnstown.

With the recent COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the world and the nation, hospitals around the country have experienced shortages in Personal Protective Equipment, specifically N95 filter face-mask ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a decontamination process provided by company Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) that could see as ...

The increase in aseptic processing driven by the growing number of biologically-derived products has led to an increase in freeze-drying applications in this area at both research and production ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) slammed a device manufacturer for not having a way to report adverse health events stemming from its N95 decontamination system used by hospitals and healthcare ...