DETOXIFICATION- DECONTAMINATION
EBOLA
In order to avoid, counter and mitigate risks originating from or associated with the
biological Ebola virus, it is necessary to undertake fast, timely and appropriate
decontamination and sanitisation of all materials and vehicles which may have been
contaminated by the deadly virus.
Our Cristanini S.p.A CBRN Detoxification & Decontamination products and
equipment provide safe, effective solutions to effectively detoxify and decontaminate
the biological threat of Ebola.
When used in the appropriare manner the threat of biological contamination by the
Ebola virus may be mitigated or rduced through a combination of the chemical
action of a decontaminant/detoxifying product and the thermal action of saturated
steam (with temperatures up to 180°C).
Steam is recommended in particular for the decontamination and sanitation of
essential equipment such as, ambulances (internally and externally without
instruments on board) and of operationally essential equipment such as stretchers
which, may be used by authorities, health, civil responders or humantitarian aid
workers to assist in transporting highly infective patients.
The following charts detail our recomended effective soultions using the Cristanini
S.p.A CBRN Detoxification/ Decontamination equipment and product range.
CHEMICAL ACTION: BX24
BX24 has been tested both against
Biological Warfare Agents (BWA,
Technical documents UP 1194-10841085-927) and pathogenic strains of
veterinary origin (Technical documents
UP 1239-1260-1422) in conformity with
the technical standards of the European
Union in relation to the disinfection and
sanitisation of Chemical & Biological
threats in both hazardous and nonhazardous environments.
As a single product, BX24 provides , the
highly effective solution for the
detoxification and chemical
neutralisation of aggressive agents by
oxidation and hydrolysis.
BX24 affords capability to neutralise,
destroy or inactivate a wide spectrum of
pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses,
spores and fungi. This process is
undertaken by BX24 directly attacking
the structure of the microorganism.
The effectiveness BX24 against Ebola
virus is proven and supported by the
significant test data available.
It is advised to apply BX24 to surfaces
and objects contaminated, using both
the portable decontamination
equipment (PSDS 1.5 and PSDS 10MIL)
and the larger autonomous, selfdecontaminating systems (Sanijet C.921).
THERMAL ACTION : SATURATED STEAM
The action of rinsing the detoxified or
decontaminated solution applied on the
contaminated surface should be carried
out using steam. This will provide the
thermal action that can assist and
complete the chemical action exerted by
the product used to detoxify or
decontaminate. In particular, Ebolavirus commonly presents a significant
vulnerability to high temperatures
(thermolabile), and the virus becomes
inactive if heated to 60 ° for a time of 3060 minutes, or when subjected to
temperatures higher than 100 ° for 5
minutes.
Steam at 180 ° C is required to perform
such sanitising operations and should be
applied directly onto contaminated
surfaces using a steam lance or through
use of field tents for the
decontamination of materials.
Such capability is effectively provided by
our autonomous large capacity
decontamination system the Sanijet
C.921.
It is important that the decontamination of equipment and sensitive surfaces is also considered. It is therefore
recomended that, sensitve medical equipment and accessories used in places such as permanent or temporary
hospitals or medical centres or sensitive equipment utilised on board ambulances is decontaminated following
contact with or contamination by the Ebola virus in order to safely reduce levels contamination; prevent
spread or cross- contamination. All Life- saving or operational equipment such as, Computers, Mobile Phones,
Detection, Monitoring and Sampling equipment should be decontaminated. Our SX34 Decontamination
system specifically designed for use on sensitive equipment provides effective capability to undertake
decontamination of such equipment.
TYPE:
SYSTEMS AND SENSITIVE MATERIAL
(ES .: MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, RADIO,
DETECTOR): BX24/ SX34
SX34 has been tested against
Biological Warfare Agents (BWA,
Technical document UP1327).
This operation may not be applicable
on a large scale by unskilled
operators. However, generally, in
order to prevent contamination and
limit the effects of contamination,
equipment should be covered with
sheeting/protective films in order to
avoid contamination, thus reducing
areas of exposure to contamination.
This assists protection and
operational effectiveness of the
equipment (e.g electrodes of
portable defibrillators and ECG
equipment).
By following this process it is
possible to effectively use our Manportable decontamination systems
PSDS 1,5MIL and/or PSDS 10ml in
order to decontaminate the cover or
sheeting applied prior to removing it
and then alowing the operator to
undertake effective decontamination
of sensitive items using our SX34
system on the parts of the equipment
that remain directly exposed to
contamination.
RECOMMENDED PRODUCT:
TO BE USED ON:
Areas designated to accept the arrival of the emergency vehicles (areas in front of the emergency room)
and areas receiving laboratory samples should be considered contaminated and therefore need to be
regularly decontaminated. For this process we recommend use our BX24 detoxifying product.
In order to, safely provide and support the required decontamination of effected people within communities
or operational personnel following an epidemic outbreak such as the Ebola crisis, each hospital or temporary
medical facility should maintain the capability through the deployment of suitableshower- system tents.
Our Multi-purpose inflatable decontamination/detoxification station, provides the in order to undertake and
effectively manage required mass decontamination of people (Technical Information UP 1103).