Clean up of blood

[waterbear]

A .5% solution is what is recommeded for santizing against blood borne pathogens (1 to 10 dilution of ordinary household bleach) according to the course I needed to renew one of my state licenses in Fl. If my math is correct this would be 6000ppm! In light of this I would say that CarlD's advice is on the money. (although I suspect that both Hep B and C and HIV would not survive normal chlorination levels!)

[aylad]

(although I suspect that both Hep B and C and HIV would not survive normal chlorination levels!)

According to the heads of the Infectious Disease Departments at all three of our local large hospitals, a chlorine level of 3 ppm with 0 CYA will make a pool safe from Hep B,C, HIV. (You'll have to trust me on this one, the ones who have been around the forum for awhile know why I happen to have this information! ) When I told them about a suspected contamination in my pool a few years ago, and explained that with a CYA level of 60 I ran my FC up to 30 ppm and held it there for 2 weeks, they all laughed and assured me that my pool was probably the cleanest place there was in the parish, and that none of them would have any problem swimming in it. Granted, it was overkill--they each pointed out that therapy pools in the hospitals have any number of diseased people in them throughout a given week....and nothing special is done to decontaminate, except to maintain a 3 ppm chlorine level on an inside pool.

When cleaning CPR manikins, they require us to use a 10% bleach solution....1/4 C bleach to 1 gallon of water, with a soak time of 10 minutes. So....I agree with the others.....normal chlorination should take care of it!

Janet

[CanuckPool]

are you the one with the neighbors son incident?

[aylad]

are you the one with the neighbors son incident?

Yeah, that was me...

[waterbear]

When cleaning CPR manikins, they require us to use a 10% bleach solution....1/4 C bleach to 1 gallon of water, with a soak time of 10 minutes. So....I agree with the others.....normal chlorination should take care of it!

Janet

Janet, that iwhatI was talking about when I said a .5%, that would be the strength of household bleach after the dilutiion. In Florida I am required to take Continuing Education hours for both my Barber and my Cosmetology licenses which include HIV/bloodborne pathgen education and also have a yearlybloodborne pathogen class for my job at the school I work at (a residential Deaf and Blind school). In all of these classes they said a dilute (usually 1 to 10) bleach solution is all that is required for sanitizing a blood contamination on a surface (where the blood is intact). It would make sense that where it it much more diluted (by being in 10000 gallons or more of water in a pool) would not take much at all and that normal chlorination would take care of it!