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- Category 03: Personal Objects
  - Personal Gear
    - Personal Assistive Objects
      - personal decontamination kit

Primary term

personal decontamination kit

URI

https://nomenclature.info/nom/14956 (opens semantic view)

Definition

A container usually made of hard plastic, metal or fabric, with different types of closure, designed to hold substances and supplies (such as wipes, solutions, or powders) that can be used to neutralize most nerve and blister agents. Used to hold emergency supplies for personal decontamination and treatment on the skin.

Definition source(s)

American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2018. “Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage des objets de musée.” September 1, 2018. https://www.nomenclature.info/.

English

Term (International): personal decontamination kit
Inverted term (International): kit, personal decontamination
Alternative term(s): individual decontamination kit

French

Term (International): trousse individuelle de décontamination
Term gender (International): feminine

Date created

2020-01-20

Date updated

2023-04-19

Bibliographic citation(s)

“Personal Decontamination Kit.” n.d. Sparks Military. Accessed July 17, 2019. https://www.sparks-military.com/en/combat-gear/86-personal-decontamination-kit-m258a1.html.
Translation Bureau / Bureau de la traduction. n.d. “personal decontamination kit / trousse individuelle de décontamination.” Termium Plus. Accessed July 17, 2019. http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?lang=fra&i=1&index=alt&srchtxt=PERSONAL%20DECONTAMINATION%20KIT.
United Nations. n.d. “Personal Decontamination.” The United Nations Terminology Database. Accessed July 19, 2019. https://unterm.un.org/UNTERM/Display/Record/UNHQ/NA?OriginalId=65e6c21bc08575bb85257a48004715c1.

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