Promptly clean and decontaminate spills of blood or other potentially infectious materials.
Follow proper procedures for site decontamination of spills of blood or blood-containing body fluids:
Use protective gloves and other PPE appropriate for this task;
If the spill contains large amounts of blood or body fluids, clean the visible matter with disposable absorbent material, and discard the used cleaning materials in appropriate, labeled containers.
Swab the area with a cloth or paper towels moderately wetted with disinfectant, and allow the surface to dry.
Use germicides registered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use as hospital disinfectants and labeled tuberculocidal or registered germicides on the EPA Lists D and E (i.e., products with specific label claims for HIV or HBV) in accordance with label instructions to decontaminate spills of blood and other body fluids.
An EPA-registered sodium hypochlorite product is preferred, but if such products are not available, generic sodium hypochlorite solutions (e.g., household chlorine bleach) may be used:
Use a 1:100 dilution (500--615 ppm available chlorine) to decontaminate nonporous surfaces after cleaning a spill of either blood or body fluids in patient-care settings;
If a spill involves large amounts of blood or body fluids, or if a blood or culture spill occurs in the laboratory, use a 1:10 dilution (5,000--6,150 ppm available chlorine) for the first application of germicide before cleaning.
