Open AccessChallenges During a Chlorine Gas Emergency Response
Author(s) -
Bryan Christensen,
Mary Anne Duncan,
Sallyann Coleman King,
Candis M. Hunter,
Perri Zeitz Ruckart,
Maureen F. Orr
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.492
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1938-744X
pISSN - 1935-7893
DOI - 10.1017/dmp.2016.6
Subject(s) - medical emergency , surge capacity , medicine , public health , emergency response , emergency management , preparedness , chemical warfare , occupational safety and health , emergency medical services , accidental , nursing , covid-19 , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , political science , law , physics , acoustics
A chlorine gas release occurred at a poultry processing plant as a result of an accidental mixing of sodium hypochlorite and an acidic antimicrobial treatment. We evaluated the public health and emergency medical services response and developed and disseminated public health recommendations to limit the impact of future incidents.