Now we're gonna cover body fluid cleanup.
Before we get started, I think it's important to realize, as you can see here,
we've done this kind of the scene size up. We realize we've got some
contaminated objects.
We have a sharp object or potentially sharp object
that's contaminated as well. But the difference here is that it's not
disposable necessarily. So we're gonna talk about how to deal with that as well.
Now we also have our BioHaz container, this is a bag in this case because
we don't really need to have a sharps container. We're gonna be throwing
carrots in there. They're not really sharp.
But they're too soaked and saturated to go into the normal receptacle.
And then we have extra pairs a clean gloves, plenty of towels,
and then we have a disinfecting solution. If you're gonna
use household bleach, it needs to be one part to 10 parts water.
Or if you're making a large amount for like the floor or a bigger spill,
it's gonna be a quarter cup of bleach to a gallon of water.
Now remember other commercial disinfectants
that are registered with the EPA as effective against
HIV, hepatitis B, may be used. But make sure you check the label before he trust it.
So, as we get ready here we're gonna make sure we have our personal protective
equipment on.
If I thought there was any risk getting splashed,
I would even have maybe a face shield or eye shield. In this case gloves should be
adequate. Now we're going to basically, we're gonna take this sharp object out
of the scenario.
If there's a large amount of blood on there, and there's
a decent amount, I'm gonna wipe it off carefully and then place the after into
the sink that's right next to me.
If you didn't have a sink, you might put it into a bucket or into a container,
and deal with it carefully after that. Now after that we have this
environment here that needs to be cleaned up. These are contaminated but
you know I'm not going to risk it so I'm just gonna throw it into the bag carefully,
being careful not to cross-contaminate. I grab another
paper towel in this case and I
grab the rest. And then
wipe up the balk of
the body fluid and carefully put into the bag.
As you can see most have this is taken care of,
but I did get some on my hands. So remember the glove on glove, skin on skin.
We're going to go ahead and take
this pair of gloves off. Being careful not to snap or pop the glove, and spray the
contamination.
Then using the skin on skin rule, I
untuck that hand, contaminations on the inside,
clean is on the outside, and I talked her into the back being careful not to reach
in and contaminate my skin.
Now before I reach for my clean container I'm gonna go ahead and don
clean gloves. That could be kinda a pain
especially if your hands are sweaty. So be patient because if you rip 'em or tear 'em,
and there's there's loss of integrity in the glove itself,
it's not gonna do anybody any good. So we need to make sure to have them on
have them be intact. See any rips or tears take them off and put a new pair on.
Now I have clean gloves, I can grab a clean container
and spray my surface.
I like to do it in a spray, that was more of a stream. Now we're gonna do it light enough
that we don't contaminate or shoot contaminate
all over the area. Notice
I know where the contamination was at, but I'm kind of going out in a radius that
I know it's covered. Now I set this aside,
I grab another paper towel or two and I begin wiping
this up. Being sure to wipe up
all the contamination that I can visibly see.
And again because I have a sink here, I'm gonna move this
into the sink where I'm going to decontaminate that as well.
This has contamination on it, I'm gonna put it into the BioHaz bag.
If I now go to my spray, which I'm going to,
I need to take these gloves off,
and don one more clean pair of gloves.
It's really, you know,
something that's common sense. I mean I grabbed a paper towel,
I wiped up more contamination. The paper towel's wet, so it probably
wicked the contamination towards my hands. So even if I can't
visibly see it, I like to practice making sure I have clean gloves when I touch
clean things.
Now I'm gonna go ahead spray the rest of the surface.
If I see any other contamination I'll wipe it down,
in this case I didn't see any so I'm gonna spray it,
and make sure that it's soaking wet and then we're going to let
it evaporates to dry. It needs to at least be on the contact of the
contamination
for no less than 10 minutes, and that's about an evaporation time.
Now we have our contamination in the sink that's what I would actually take my
solutions,
and cleaning those appropriately using the same
method. Making sure to be careful not to get poked
or to get any sharps. Once our biohazard bag is filled,
we go ahead and carefully seal it up,
and put it with our other regulated waste.