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e <br />` UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS (BSI) <br />c: <br />r <br />p. Blood Spill Clean-up <br />To properly clean up a blood spill, these steps are to be followed: <br />1) Put on gloves (and gown if spill is large). <br />2) Blot the area by laying paper towels over the spill and allowing <br />lie blood to soak into the towels. If the spill is huge, cloth may <br />be used to soak blood.) <br />3) Carefully.remove blood-stained paper towels. Avoid smearing. <br />4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 until most of blood is removed. <br />5) ,Place clean paper towels over area. Pour a 1:10% bleach solution <br />or other hospital approved disinfectant on to paper towels and <br />allow to set for 5-10 minutes. <br />6) Discard all paper towels, gloves, and gown as infectious wase. if <br />cicth is used, handle as appropriate for linen. <br />7) Notify housekeeping if further cleaning is necessary. <br />4. Environnental Considerations <br />The precautions described below will be taken routinely in the care of all <br />patients. <br />a. Sterilization and Disinfection (1) <br />Stzndard 4 terilization and disinfection procedures for patient -care <br />equipment currently recommended by CDC in a variety of health-care <br />settings - including hospitals, medical and dental clinics and offices, <br />hemodialysis.centers, emergency -care facilities, and long -tern nursing <br />care facilities - are adequate to sterilize or disinfect instrunents, <br />devices, or other items contaminated with blood or other body fluids <br />from persons infected with blood-borne pathogens including HIV. <br />Instruments or devices that enter sterile tissue or the vascular systen <br />of any patient or through which blood flows should be sterilized or <br />receive high level disinfection, a procedure that kills vegetative <br />organisms and viruses but not necessarily large numbers of bacterial <br />spores. Chemical germicides that are registered with the U.S. <br />Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as "sterilants" may be used <br />either for sterilization or forhigh-level disinfection depending on <br />contact time. <br />Contact lenses used.j n trial fittings should be disinfected after each <br />fitting by using a hydrogen peroxide contact lens disinfecting systen <br />or, if compatible, with heat (78 C-80 C"172.4 F-1766.0 FE) for 10 <br />minutes. <br />