NHS England require all Acute Hospitals as part of the EPRR Core Standards to ensure that they have the capability to respond to a chemical, biological, radiological (CBRN) or Hazardous Materials (HazMat) incident at the hospital.
Incident decontamination staff usually come from a variety of backgrounds - both clinicians and non clinicians. The Decontamination Team work at the hospital, to deliver the highest standards of care to all patients actually or potentially affected by potential CBRN and hazardous incident situations.