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The Portable Chemical Sterilizer (PCS), D-FENS, and D-FEND ALL: Novel Chlorine Dioxide Decontamination Technologies for the Military
Published on: June 29, 2014
[The sanitary protection of Armed Forces employed abroad]
1Centro OMS Medicina del Turismo, Rimini.
Abstract:
After recalling the numerous peace expeditions of the Italian Armed Forces in foreign countries, the author underlines the several health risk factors that such missions imply. The assessment of the biological risk should be based on the knowledge of the local sanitary situation and on the analysis of the operative characteristics of the mission: prevention is based on vaccinations (with plans based on the operative tasks and destinations) and on antimalaric chemoprophylaxis, carried out following WHO indications. In conclusion, the current organization of military field hospitals is briefly described.
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