WARNINGS
1. DO NOT apply the SDK or irrigate wounds in the abdominal and thoracic cavities or intracranial head injuries.
2. DO NOT remove splints.
(3) Check patient for completeness of decontamination. The patient is checked with the CAM or with M8 detector paper for completeness of decontamination.
NOTE
Other monitoring devices may be used when available.
(4) Dispose of contaminated waste. Dispose of contaminated bandages and coverings by placing them in a contaminated waste bag. Seal the bag and place it in the contaminated waste dump.
h. Step 8. Transfer the patient across the shuffle pit.
(1) The patient's clothing has been cut away; his skin, bandages, and splints have been decontaminated. Now the litter is transferred to the shuffle pit and placed upon the litter stands. The shuffle pit is wide enough to prevent the patient decontamination team members from straddling it while carrying the litter. Four decontamination team members transfer the patient to a clean treatment litter in the shuffle pit. A member of the patient decontamination team removes the bagged FMC and holds it so that a trauma specialist on the clean side of the hot line can read it. A trauma specialist on the clean side of the hot line prepares a new FMC before the patient is moved to the clean area. The old FMC is disposed of with other contaminated waste.
(2) Decontamination team members rinse or wipe down their aprons and gloves with the 5 percent hypochlorite solution.