- Isolate the area.
- You must wear appropriate PPE, including goggles, gloves and a plastic apron. You may need to wear disposable shoe coverings if there is massive blood contamination on floors.
- Soak up the fluid with paper towels.
- The spill area must be covered with a granular chlorine releasing agent for a minimum of 10 minutes. The granules and any waste should be removed using cardboard placed in a plastic bag and disposed of.
- Spills of human waste in bathrooms and toilets can be hosed off into the sewerage system and area flushed with water and detergent. The area should then be disinfected with an appropriate product.
- Broken glass and sharps should be removed using forceps.
- A mixture of one part bleach to 10 parts water should be applied for 10 minutes.
- The area should be washed with hot water and detergent.
- Dry the area using paper towel. The affected area must be left clean and dry.
- Paper towelling and gloves should be disposed of appropriately.
- Wash your hands.
- Contaminated clothing should be rinsed in cold running water, soaked in bleach solution for half an hour, and then washed separately in hot water and detergent.
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