TREATMENT OF CHEMICAL AGENT CASUALTIES NOR NAVSURNLANT SHIPS

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   LY ITEM WITHIN THE MRE POUCH NOT ~DEO.U~TELY PROTECTED FROM
   F~ECT EXPOSURE IS THE SPOON.   ~ 10% CLOROX BLE~CH/BOTTLED W~TER
   LUTION IS USED TO DECONT~MIN~TE EXPOSED MRE POUCHES FOR EMERGENCY
   SUE ONLY.
       F.   b~NNED R~TIONS (T-R~TIONS) ~RE PROTECTED FROM
   NETR~TION BY NBC ~GENTS.    HOWEVER, THE. CONT~INERS SHOULD BE
   MERSED IN BOILING, SO~PY W~TER FOR         ~O MINUTES TO REMOVE SURF~CE
   NT~MIN~TION.
       6.   MUST~RDS ~RE ~BLE TO PENETR~TE WOOD, LE~THER1 RUBBER ~ND
  *INT.    THEY ~RE MUCH MORE PERSISTENT IN COLD TEMPER~TE CLIM~TES.


  ~GE C)4 RUDCH~~.-~2O4 U N C L ~ S S S I F I E D
  ~EY ~RE POORLY W~TER SOLUBLE ~ND RE~CT VIOLENTLY WITH ST~ND~RD
  sCflNT~MIN~TES.   IF DECON OPER~TIONS ~RE CONSIDERED, USE ~ DRY
  L){  F HYPERTROPIC~L HOUSEHOLD BLE~CH (HTH) OR SUPER TROPIC~L
   ~~CH (STB) DILUTED TO ~ R~TIO OF           P~RTS~DECONT~MIN~TE TO 5
  -~ S S~ND.                                                                         -
       H.   C~NV~S WILL kEEP OUT 957. OF LICUID CONT~MIN~TION IF
   ~ VED WITHIN ~O MINUTES ~FTER THE ~TT~Cr:.
       I.   ONLY FOOD P~C~:ED IN C~NS, GL~SS BOTTLES, OR ~IR TIGHT
  ~IL (MRES) SHOULD BE CONSUMED ~FTER EXPOSURE TO CHEMIC~L
   iT~CF::.. NO ~TTEMPT SHOULD BE M~DE TO E~T WHILE IN ~N NBC
  r~V I RONMENT.
       J.   INITI~L DECONT~MIN~TION EFFORTS ON FOOD ITEMS WILL BE
   IMITED TO REMOV~L OF THE CONT~INERS ~ND C~RTON OVERWR~P
  ~TERI~L.
       F::.. THE SIMPLEST DECONT~MIN~TION PROCEDURE IS TO ~LLOW THE
  ~TERIH"LS TO ~GE ~ND    ~IR' WE~THER (VENTIL~TION). ~NY FURTHER
  ECONT~MIN~TION PROCEDURES ~RE VERY L~BOR INTENSIVE.
       L.   SELF DECONT~MIN~TION WILL OCCUR OVER TIME WITH MOST
  9~ENTS EXCEPT THICkENED MUST~RD ~ND OTHER THICF:f.ENED ~GENTS.
   ECONT~MINflTION C~N BE ENH~NCED BY USE OF HE~T TO V~PORIZE THE


  -~~GE OS RUDCH~~~2'c)4 U N C L ~ S S S I F I E D
  DHEMIC~L ~GENT OR BY PHYSIC~L REMOV~L WITH SO~P ~ND W~TER.
       M.   EXCEPT FOR HE~T RESIST~NT TOXINS ~ND SOME SPORES, THE
   SE OF HE~T IS THE MOST PR~CTIC~L METHOD OF DECONT~MIN~TING FOOD
       BIOLOGIC~L CONT~MIN~TION.
       N.   H~NDLE ~LL EXPOSED FOOD P~Ck.~GIN6 M~TERI~L ~S
     T~MIN~TED W~STES ~FTER ~N NBC ~TT~~CF:f..
       0.   ~FTER f~t' NUCLE~R ~TT~CF:f.,  IF IT IS S~FE TO BE IN THE ~RE~,
  Th N THE S~LV~(3ED FOOD IS S~FE, ~LTHOU6H IT M~Y BE SLIGHTLY
  2~.qT~"MIN~TED   DECON PROCEDURES INCLUDE REMOVING ~LL DUST FROM
  ~xPOSED SURF~CES OR ~GING.
       F.    THE ~N/FDR-27~R~DI~C SET ~S USED TO NON:TOR PERSONNEL,
  trOOD, W~TER ~ND M~TERI~L FOR NUCLE~R R~DI~TION.