Removing Toxic Chemicals from Contaminated Surfaces

Abstract

A process comprising: contacting an item with a dry media to remove a first portion of a chemical warfare agent from the item; contacting the item with solvent to contaminate the solvent with a second portion of the chemical warfare agent from the item; and removing the contaminated solvent from the item. A device comprising: a first side comprising a dry media applicator to remove a first portion of a chemical warfare agent from an item; and a second side comprising an absorptive material to remove a solvent contaminated with a second portion of a chemical warfare agent from the item, wherein the first and second sides are of a unitary whole.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.