Disinfection laboratory spills

Laboratory equipment and work surfaces are cleaned with an appropriate disinfectant after work is finished and decontaminated immediately after spills or other contamination by infectious materials. All accidents or incidents must be immediately reported to the laboratory director, medical evaluation provided, and written records maintained. 

Laboratory equipment and work surfaces should be decontaminated with an appropriate disinfectant on a routine basis, after work with infectious materials is finished, and especially after any overt spills, splashes, or other contamination by infectious materials. Contaminated equipment must be decontaminated before it is sent for repair or maintenance or packaged for transport in accordance with applicable local, state, or federal regulations before removal from the facility. 

Appropriate disinfectant should be applied following any spill of potentially infectious materials or at the end of daily work to decontaminate laboratory work surfaces. Spill kits (containing absorbent pads and/or neutralizing agents) should be prepared for all frequently used chemicals or biological waste. 

A troublesome problem in any laboratory is the disinfection and/or decontamination of an overt biological spill. A spill poses a smaUer problem if it occurs in a biological safety cabinet, provided it does not splatter to the outside of the cabinet. Direct application of concentrated liquid disinfectant and a thorough... 

---