What is the decontamination of equipment?
Decontamination of the device is a process that is designed to clean the device after its contaminated or after use in a situation where contamination could occur. Some types of equipment are specially designed to be easy to decontaminated, such as hospital equipment, while for others special protocols need to be used. Decontamination of the device can be used to clean the equipment after exposure to chemical, biological or radiological contaminants, as well as to maintain a “clean room” without dust and other contaminants that could interfere with the industrial process. It is made, for example, from materials that can be easily deleted, and the equipment will not be damaged by exposure to decontamination measures such as ultraviolet radiation, irradiation, soap and water, heat, heat, heat, heat, heat, heat, heat, heat, heat, heat, heat, and so on. The device is usually designed to decontaminated in a specific way. Some examples of this type of facility include hospital equipment, equipment afterused in the production of electronic components, equipment in chemical companies and equipment used in food production.
Other devices may not be designed with regard to contamination, which may be more difficult to clean when unexpected contamination occurs. For example, after releasing the radioactive material, the decontamination of the device can be used to clean a device that has been exposed to the material to save and reuse rather than abandon. In these cases, it may be necessary to develop a decontamination method for a particular situation.
Procedures of decontamination usually begin with an insulation of a contaminated device so that it cannot spread contamination. Then, the device can be cleaned using the methods best for the device and testing whether contamination is still present. Some decontamination of the device is completely automated; For example, surgical tools are decontaminated in an autoclave. In other casesPeople have to decontaminate manually, as an ambulance is decontaminated after a patient with a blood -transmitted disease during transport.
In devices where contamination is a risk, there are usually protocols of decontamination of devices that people can follow when contamination occurs. In addition to decontamination equipment, it is often necessary to decontaminate people who were also exposed. In many regions, emergency services have been practicing extensive responses to contamination incidents, such as a reaction that could be needed if a chemical or biological agent was released in the city.