FiberTect Nonwoven Wipe Featured in Fentanyl Decontamination Training
May 9, 2024 Texas Tech’s cotton-based FiberTect nonwoven wipe is featured in the latest LEXIPOL series as an important component in decontaminating synthetic opioids.
The LEXIPOL series is widely watched by fire rescue, first responders, and defense communities around the world.
In the talk “Maximizing Decon Efficiency: Solutions for Fentanyl and Other Drugs,” (video posted on May 8, 2024), Corey Collings, Director of Research at First Line Technology, presented the hybrid decontamination method using FiberTect as the adsorbent (36:37 mark of the video). Hybrid decontamination has become a go-to method to decontaminate toxic chemicals, with the use of FiberTect dry wipe to remove bulk agents followed by a chemical solution to neutralize and remove the remaining toxic chemical.
Recently, the United States Army has shown that the FiberTect nonwoven wipe has better efficiency in particulate decontamination than available wet wipes and vacuum technologies. Importantly, FiberTect has been shown to perform well in sub-zero temperatures, which is critical, as regions with extreme cold conditions are prone to experience serious fentanyl addiction.
FiberTect was developed by the Texas Tech Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory through research funded by the U. S. Army RDECOM as part of the Admiral Zumwalt Program for Countermeasures to Chemical and Biological Threats at Texas Tech University.
It is an honor to see this product having global impact in helping save the lives of soldiers, first responders, and civilians.
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