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To: FR_addict

The suits do not get “deconned.” The suits are designed to be worn once and then incinerated.

Doffing the gear is a methodical process of slowly turning each layer inside-out and stepping through successive decon areas until you step across the “clean-line” and toss your gloves.


25 posted on 09/11/2014 7:38:29 AM PDT by EBH (And the angel poured out his cup...)
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To: EBH
The suits do not get “deconned.” The suits are designed to be worn once and then incinerated.

It looks like the procedure in Africa is to spray the suits with a bleach solution and then dry and re-use them. Probably due to a shortage of suits, something likely to happen pretty quickly in an area with a significant outbreak.

The washing process itself is hazardous, since contaminated airborne droplets can be created during the washing.

37 posted on 09/11/2014 8:45:45 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: EBH
The suits do not get “deconned.”

I have seen the medical workers still in the suits being sprayed down with sodium hypochlorite solution. This probably is a desirable procedure prior to removing the suit.

65 posted on 09/11/2014 10:13:23 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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