MEDICINE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A sneeze
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A classroom desk
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Cleaning up someone’s blood off their arm
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Eating food that has been spit in
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Detailed explanation-1: -Wipe the area with water and detergent until it is visibly clean. Saturate the area again with sodium hypochlorite 0.5% (10 000 ppm available chlorine). This is a 1:10 dilution of 5.25% sodium hypochlorite bleach, which should be prepared daily. Rinse off the tongs, brush and pan, under running water and place to dry.
Detailed explanation-2: -Procedure for Spills on Hard, non-porous surfaces: Cleanup and decontamination is a 3 step process requiring proper personal protection equipment, removal of gross filth (visible material), followed by disinfection of surface.
Detailed explanation-3: -Recommended disinfectant solutions Hypochlorite (bleach) solution The recommended level of 1:10 bleach solution is made by adding 1 part household bleach (5.25% hypochlorite) to 10 parts water (or ½ cup of bleach to 4 ½ cups of water, or 125 ml of bleach to 1 litre of water).
Detailed explanation-4: -Clean the affected area with soap and water then disinfect with a 1:10 bleach solution for 10 minutes or an appropriate disinfectant with proven effectiveness against non-enveloped viruses (eg. Poliovirus, Norovirus, Rotavirus, Feline Calicivirus).