TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Clinical review: Tokyo - protecting the health care worker during a chemical mass casualty event: an important issue of continuing relevance
JO  - Critical care : the Official Journal of the Critical Care Forum
A1  - Okumura, Sumie
A1  - Okumura, Tetsu
A1  - Ishimatsu, Shinichi
A1  - Miura, Kunihisa
A1  - Maekawa, Hiroshi
A1  - Naito, Toshio
SP  - 397
EP  - 400
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
N2  - Determine the effectiveness of decontamination, and perform thorough dry or wet decontamination, depending on the circumstances. Always remain cognizant of the fact that, even after decontamination has been completed, contamination may not have been completely eliminated. Perform periodic monitoring to determine whether secondary exposure has occurred in health care workers; if it appears that secondary exposure has occurred, then the PPE level must be increased and attempts must be made to identify and eliminate the source of the contamination. Finally, if the victims were exposed through ingestion, then consider the possibility that secondary exposure will occur during gastric lavage.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1364-8535
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc3062
ID  - ref1
ER  -