WATA Standard - Page 17

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Use
Advised
concentration
of chlorinated
solution
Vol. of
water
Vol. of sodium
hypochlorite
equivalent to a
concentration
of 6 g/L
Procedure
Clothing / laundry 0.2 g/L 30 1
Soak garments in the chlorinated
solution for 5 min, then rinse
carefully. Do not use chlorine to
disinfect wool, silk or nylon.
PREPARING DISINFECTANT SOLUTIONS AT HEALTH CENTRES
W Surgery and sterilisation : disinfection by sodium hypochlorite is not
sterilisation. Surgical instruments must be sterilised in an autoclave or a
Poupinel sterilising oven.
Use
Advised
concentration
of chlorinated
solution
Vol. of
water
Vol. of sodium
hypochlorite
equivalent to a
concentration
of 6 g/L
Procedure
Washing hands 0.5 g/L 10 1
Clean and dry the hands, then
rub with the chlorinated solution
for 30 seconds; allow to dry.
Disinfecting
wounds (Dakin's
solution) only
with chlorine at
6 g/L
6 g/L - 1
Use the solution pure, on a clean
compress applied directly to the
wound.
Floors (including
floors and walls
of latrines)
2 g/L 2 1
First sweep the floors and wash
them with soap and water. Next
apply the chlorinated solution for
10 min., then rinse and allow to
dry.
Clothes, gowns
and bed linen
2 g/L 2 1
Soak the clothes in the
chlorinated solution for 10 min.,
rinse then wash as usual. Hang
out to dry.
Containers and
objects
2 g/L 2 1
Soak in the chlorinated solution
for 10 min., then rinse and dry.
W The sodium hypochlorite must be diluted in cold water.
W Never mix the sodium hypochlorite solutions with soap, detergents
or other household cleaning products, since mixing with strong acids
generates chlorine gas fumes.