JP2002250793A - Decontamination equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a decontamination equipment for decontaminating by placing in emergency near a disaster place or inlet to a hospital when many victims contaminated with hazardous materials are generated in NBC disasters and the like. SOLUTION: To a tent body 2 constituted to be tentatively placing and removing, inlets 6A and 6B and outlets 9A and 9B are provided. Within the tent body 2, undressing zones 3A and 3B, decontamination zones 4A and 4B, dressing zones 5A and 5B are arranged in turn and freely passing partitions 7A, 7B, 8A and 8B are provided between neighboring zones.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a decontamination facility, and more particularly, to an urgent and simple installation for decontamination of a large number of victims caused by a sudden NBC disaster (nuclear, bio, chemical disaster). Regarding the decontamination equipment that was made possible.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when a chemical disaster suddenly occurs as an NBC disaster and a large number of people are polluted by emission of toxic substances such as poisonous gas, those victims are referred to medical institutions such as hospitals for treatment. It will rush. However, if a victim contaminated with harmful substances enters the hospital directly, harmful substances that have adhered to the victim's clothing or human body will be brought in, and even non-polluted persons and medical personnel in the hospital will be affected. Cross-contamination will further increase the damage.

Therefore, there is a strong demand for safety measures to prevent such secondary contamination.

[0004]

An object of the present invention is to provide an NB
C When a large number of victims are contaminated with harmful substances due to a disaster or the like, an object of the present invention is to provide a decontamination facility that can be installed urgently at a disaster site or at an entrance of a medical institution to enable decontamination.

[0005]

The decontamination equipment of the present invention which achieves the above object is provided with an inlet and an outlet in a tent main body having a structure that can be temporarily removed, and the inside of the tent main body is directed from the inlet to the outlet. In addition, the undressing zone, the decontamination zone, and the garment zone are arranged in this order, and partitions that can pass through are provided between adjacent zones.

[0006] Since the tent main body, which is easy to temporarily remove, is used as the main structural part, the tent can be set up in a short time. Also, inside the tent body, the undressing zone, the decontamination zone, and the garment zone are arranged in order from the entrance to the exit.
Or, if they are temporarily set up on the way to a medical institution, victims contaminated with harmful substances can take off contaminated clothing in the undressing zone, wash their bodies in the decontamination zone, and wear non-contaminated clothing in the clothing zone along the flow. Thus, it is possible to enter a medical institution after being in a decontaminated state, so that secondary contamination can be prevented. In addition, since the tent system can be temporarily removed, it can be easily removed after use.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS.

[0008] The decontamination equipment 1 of the present invention has a tent main body 2 whose main structure is easily removable temporarily. In the illustrated example, the tent body 2 has a double membrane structure having an outer membrane 2o and an inner membrane 2i. When air is blown from the blower 6 into the space between the outer membrane 2o and the inner membrane 2i having the double membrane structure, The dome-shaped three-dimensional structure can be formed within a few minutes, and it can be easily folded if air is released. Further, the dome-shaped three-dimensional structure can be made to have a strong configuration capable of maintaining the three-dimensional structure even when the wind and rain is strong by constantly blowing air from the blower 6.

The tent body 2 is provided with a middle partition 12 extending in the longitudinal direction at the center in the width direction of the inside of the tent, and the space is divided into right and left. In the two left and right independent spaces, inlets 6A and 6B and outlets 9A and 9B are formed in front and rear, respectively, and door curtains 10A and 10B and 11A and 11B are provided respectively.

In the two spaces thus partitioned by the partition 12, one of the spaces is a men's decontamination route, and the undressing zone 3A, the decontamination zone 4A, and the garment zone 5A are arranged in order from the entrance 6A to the exit 9A, The other is a decontamination route for women, from the entrance 6B to the exit 9B, the undressing zone 3
B, a decontamination zone 4B, and a clothing zone 5B are arranged in this order. Further, curtains 7A and 7B and 8A and 8B are provided as partitions between these zones. These curtains 7A, 7B and 8A, 8B suppress harmful substances from moving between zones as much as possible,
It allows people to move.

The above-mentioned undressing zones 3A and 3B are places where victims contaminated with harmful substances enter first. Here, the victim first removes the contaminated clothing. The next decontamination zones 4A and 4B are places where the victims stripped in the undressing zones 3A and 3B wash away harmful substances attached to the body. A plurality of shower heads 13 and 14 are provided as a washing shower device. This decontamination zone 4
A and 4B respectively show the former stage washing shower zone 4A
₁ , 4B ₁ and the subsequent stage is rinse shower zone 4
A ₂ , 4B ₂ .

In the washing shower zones 4A ₁ and 4B ₁ , a washing liquid such as hot water is sprayed from the shower head 13 to wash away harmful substances attached to the body of the victim. If harmful substances are found in the cleaning liquid due to a chemical disaster,
A mixture of the neutralizer is used. If harmful substances are not known, it is necessary to wash them off, so warm water is used. Further, in the subsequent rinse shower zones 4A ₂ and 4B ₂ , there is a case where a liquid containing harmful substances still remains in the cleaning liquid used in the previous step, so that it is completely washed away to return to the original non-contaminated state. I do. The last garment zones 5A, 5B are places for wearing new uncontaminated garments.

In the undressing zones 3A and 3B, if necessary, a measuring means for evaluating the pollution state of the victim may be installed. By installing such evaluation and measurement means, it is possible for the victim to know how much decontamination should be performed in the next decontamination zone 4A, 4B. If necessary, a measuring means for re-evaluating the degree of decontamination may be provided in the clothing zones 5A and 5B. As a result of the measurement by the re-evaluation measuring means, if the decontamination is insufficient, the undressing zones 3A, 3B
It is possible to return to and recontaminate.

Although the size of the tent main body 2 is not particularly limited, since severely afflicted victims will be carried by the stretcher S, both the men's decontamination route and the women's decontamination route can be considered as walking victims. It is preferable to secure a space that can be used together with the stretcher S. For example, the width of each decontamination route is preferably about 120 cm or more.

The decontamination zones 4A and 4B are provided with the above-mentioned shower heads 13 and 14, and the floor is set to a high floor panel 20.
Then, a ground sheet 25 serving as a waste liquid storage part for the cleaning liquid is laid below the lower part. The high floor panel 20 has a middle partition 12
A plurality of frames 21 are erected on the side, and each frame 21
, Shower heads 13 and 14 are attached respectively. Each of the shower heads 13 and 14 is connected via a hose h1 to a hot water supply equipment 23 installed outside, and
Warm water of 0 to 35 ° C. is supplied. In addition, a plurality of handrails 24 are erected on the high floor panel 20 on the inner wall side of the tent main body 2 so that a victim who becomes unstable in walking by himself can use it.

The ground sheet 25 laid under the raised floor panel 20 is formed in a drain pan shape, and the washing waste liquid mixed with harmful substances is stored therein to prevent soil contamination. The waste liquid stored in the ground sheet 25 is pumped up by a pump 26, and is collected in a water tank 27 installed outside via a hose h2.

Undressing zones 3A, 3B and clothing zone 5
A and 5B have raised floor panels 20 of decontamination zones 4A and 4B.
Slope panels 28 and 29 are provided to facilitate ascending and descending. In addition, clothing zone 5
A and 5B are provided with a temperature controller 30 as necessary. 31 is an outdoor unit of the temperature controller 30.
The temperature controller 30 functions not only for heating in winter but also to prevent harmful gas from flowing from the decontamination zones 4A and 4B to the garment zones 5A and 5B.

The power source for each electric device may be supplied from a nearby building.
You may make it self-sufficient by attaching.

In the illustrated decontamination equipment 1 shown above, the tent body 2 can be set up in a dome-shaped three-dimensional structure in a short time by filling the air with the blower 6, so that a sudden NBC
Even when a large number of survivors are involved in a disaster, it can be easily and temporarily installed near the disaster site, on the way to a medical facility, or at the entrance of a medical institution such as a hospital. Also,
The victims should take off the clothes contaminated with harmful substances in the undressing zones 3A and 3B, wash away the harmful substances attached to the body in the decontamination zones 4A and 4B, or neutralize the harmful substances if they are known. After the decontamination is further ensured by rinsing, non-contaminated clothing can be applied in the clothing zone 5, so that secondary contamination can be prevented.

In the embodiment described above, the case of a chemical disaster has been mainly described. However, the present invention can be generally applied to NBC disasters (nuclear, bio, and chemical disasters).

In the present invention, the tent body preferably has a double membrane structure that can be temporarily set in a three-dimensional manner by air filling as in the above-described embodiment, but is not necessarily limited to this. It may be a general tent that supports the tent.

In the embodiment, the inside of the tent main body is divided into the men's decontamination passage and the women's decontamination passage by the middle partition, but the middle partition is not necessarily provided.
If it is not divided by the partition, it is disadvantageous in terms of cost, but it is only necessary to install two tent bodies for male victims and for female victims.

Further, the inside of the tent body is divided into a plurality of rows of 2 to 4 rows by a plurality of partitions, and each row can be decontaminated according to the degree of damage, mild, moderate or severe. You may. In other words, if the condition is mild, decontamination can be performed on its own, but if the condition is moderate or severe, a caregiver may be required depending on the degree, and the decontamination route on which those caregivers wait may be necessary. .

In the decontamination zone, a case where a former decontamination solution shower zone and a latter stage rinse shower zone are provided in order to more reliably remove contaminants is exemplified. It is not necessary to provide a rinse shower zone if the substance can be sufficiently washed away.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the tent main body, which can be easily removed temporarily, is used as the main structural part, so that the tent can be set up in a short time. Also, inside the tent body, the undressing zone, the decontamination zone, and the garment zone are arranged in this order from the entrance to the exit. Along the way, the person removes contaminated clothing in the undressing zone, wash the body in the decontamination zone, and wears non-contaminated clothing in the clothing zone, so that the person can enter the medical institution in a pre-decontaminated state. Therefore, secondary contamination can be prevented.
In addition, since the tent is removable, it can be easily removed after use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a decontamination facility according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the decontamination equipment of FIG. 1 as a plane.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 decontamination equipment 2 tent body 2o outer membrane 2i inner membrane 3A, 3B undressing zone 4A, 4B decontamination zone 5A, 5B garment zone 6A, 6B entrance 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B curtain 9A, 9B exit 12 Partition 13, 14 Shower head

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Akiyoshi Sato 2-5-13 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Imperial Textile Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 4C341 KK05

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An entrance and an exit are provided in a tent main body having a structure that can be temporarily removed, and a undressing zone, a decontamination zone, and a garment zone are sequentially arranged inside the tent main body from the entrance to the exit and are adjacent to each other. A decontamination facility with a partition that can pass through between the zones. 2. The interior of the tent main body is divided into a plurality of rows by a partition, and the undressing zone is provided in each of the divided rows.
The decontamination equipment according to claim 1, wherein a decontamination zone and a clothing zone are arranged in order. 3. The decontamination equipment according to claim 1, wherein a cleaning shower device is provided in the decontamination zone. 4. The decontamination facility according to claim 3, wherein a shower head for cleaning is provided in a preceding stage and a shower head for rinsing is provided in a subsequent stage as the cleaning shower device. 5. The decontamination facility according to claim 3, wherein a waste liquid storage section is disposed at least at a bottom of the decontamination zone, and a pump for pumping waste liquid from the waste liquid storage section is provided. 6. The decontamination facility according to claim 1, wherein the tent body has a double membrane structure, and air can be blown between the membranes of the double membrane structure so that the tent body can be set up three-dimensionally.