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COVID-19 Procedure: Disposal Procedures for Spills of COVID-19 Patient Blood/Fluids

Follow this COVID-19 procedure to safely tackle spills of patient blood/fluids. This template can be run as a checklist from within the Process Street app or it can be printed out and displayed. Page 9.
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COVID-19 Procedure: Disposal Procedures for Spills of COVID-19 Patient Blood/Fluids:
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For spills of blood/bodily fluids <10mL:
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Determine course of action
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For spills of blood/bodily fluids >10mL:
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Place signs to indicate the presence of a spill
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Perform disposal procedures
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Collect bodily fluids from patients into special containers
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Disinfect for 2 hours using a 20,000 mg/L chlorine-containing disinfectant at a spill-to-disinfectant ratio of 1:2
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Disinfect the surfaces of the polluted environment or objects
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Soak and disinfect containers that held the contaminants with 5,000 mg/L active chlorine-containing disinfectant for 30 minutes
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Clean the containers that held the contaminants
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Dispose of the collected pollutants as medical waste
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Place used items into double-layer medical waste bags
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Dispose of the used items as medical waste
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COVID-19 Procedure: Disposal Procedures for Spills of COVID-19 Patient Blood/Fluids

This process template is part of our COVID-19 Procedures pack. 

It is built as a reproduction of the procedures outlined in the Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment (2020) produced by The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (FAHZU). 

FAHZU had great success in combatting the novel Coronavirus COVID-19 and this handbook outlines best-practices, procedures, and useful charts for hospitals and medical centers to practically employ. 

The items contained within the handbook were compiled according to clinical experience. 

You can edit this process template to adapt it to the specific needs of your institution. When you come to follow the procedure, you can run this template as a checklist. You can add form fields throughout the checklist to gather information. You can connect your Process Street account with other platforms via automation to automatically store or utilize any data entered into your checklists. 

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You can find the full handbook embedded below.

Process Street is not a medical institution and the items contained in this process template are illustrative and not intended to be understood as medical advice. Please refer to the attached PDF document for any and all medical or operational recommendations. 

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For spills of blood/bodily fluids <10mL:

Determine course of action

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    The spills should be covered with chlorine-containing disinfecting wipes (containing 5000 mg/L effective chlorine) and carefully removed
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    The surfaces of the object should be wiped twice with chlorine-containing disinfecting wipes (containing 500 mg/L effective chlorine)

Option 2:

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    Carefully remove the spills with disposable absorbent materials such as gauze, wipes, etc., which have been soaked in 5000 mg/L chlorine-containing disinfecting solution.

For spills of blood/bodily fluids >10mL:

Place signs to indicate the presence of a spill

Perform disposal procedures

Option 1:

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    Absorb the spilled fluids for 30 minutes with a clean absorbent towel (containing peroxyacetic acid that can absorb up to 1 L of liquid per towel)
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    Clean the contaminated area after removing the pollutants

Option 2:

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    Completely cover the spill with disinfectant powder or bleach powder containing water-absorbing ingredients or completely cover it with disposable water-absorbing materials
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    Pour a sufficient amount of 10,000 mg/L chlorine-containing disinfectant onto the water-absorbing material (or cover with a dry towel which will be subjected to high-level disinfection)
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    Leave for at least 30 minutes before carefully removing the spill

Collect bodily fluids from patients into special containers

Disinfect for 2 hours using a 20,000 mg/L chlorine-containing disinfectant at a spill-to-disinfectant ratio of 1:2

Disinfect the surfaces of the polluted environment or objects

Soak and disinfect containers that held the contaminants with 5,000 mg/L active chlorine-containing disinfectant for 30 minutes

Clean the containers that held the contaminants

Dispose of the collected pollutants as medical waste

Place used items into double-layer medical waste bags

Dispose of the used items as medical waste

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