Skin Protection and Decontamination

The scheme indicates absorption through the skin and through a wound under various protective circumstances. Protection is widely used in 

Similarly, skin cleansing by frequent washing is clearly desirable but it should be noted that many lanolin-based soaps can increase skin absorption if not completely purged from the skin after washing. 

The amount of decontamination necessary depends on how much metal, be it heavy metal or metallic radionuclide, is present on the skin or in the wound. Clearly, any monitoring data that can be acquired in this respect is pivotal to the decisions being considered. 

a promising new area for future research is that of resin-bound ligands complexed to essential trace metals but in such a form that 

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Catalytic bioscavengers will be part of the arsenal of medical countermeasures for prophylaxis and treatments of OP poisoning in the very near future. Next, gene therapy will offer the possibility of transitory production of humanized OP-degrading enzymes in the body. Multiple enzyme associations will be part of active topical skin protectants and decontamination tools. 

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