Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 381-390, September 2003

Establishing and training health care facility decontamination teams☆

  • John L Hick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, and the Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: John L. Hick, MD, Emergency Medicine, MC 825, Hennepin County Medical Center, 701 Park Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415; 612-347-3020, fax 612-904-4241
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  • Paul Penn, MS, CHEM

      Affiliations

    • EnMagine, Diamond Springs, CA, USA
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  • Dan Hanfling, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Management and Disaster Medicine, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA, and the Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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  • Mark A Lappe, EMT-P

      Affiliations

    • Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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  • Dan O'Laughlin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, and Fairview Southdale Healthcare facility, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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  • Jonathan L Burstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Received 13 January 2003; received in revised form 3 March 2003; accepted 25 April 2003.

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    • ☆ The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

    PII: S0196-0644(03)00442-6

    doi:10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00442-6

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