Decontamination Center

•A decontamination center should be established to monitor people who may be contaminated and provide facilities for decontamination.

•Ideally, it should provide showers. In a crisis, hoses could be used.

•A decontamination center should be staffed by physicians with a radiological background, health physicists or other staff familiar with decontamination procedures and the use of radiation survey meters, and psychological counselors.

•Towels and replacement clothing should be available. Provisions, especially in inclement weather, may be needed to shelter people or to transport them elsewhere after decontamination.