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General:Prevention: Clean Up! I CDC Hantaviruses Page 2 of 3 <br /> • G/VG YY1t11 G UIJII IIGVIGIII VI G 1111^LUIG VI ►IIGGIi/I GI" YrGtG1. VVGI% 1VtAG11l, <br /> nesting materials or droppings in solution for 5 minutes before wiping up <br /> with a paper towel or rag. Place the dead rodent or nesting materials in <br /> • a plastic bag and seal tightly. Place the full bag in a second plastic bag <br /> and seal. Throw the bag into a covered trash can that is regularly <br /> emptied. <br /> Wash gloved hands with soap and water or spray a disinfectant or <br /> bleach solution on gloves before taking them off. Wash hands with soap <br /> and warm water after taking off your gloves. <br /> Clean up cabins, sheds, barns, or other outbuildings <br /> Before attempting to clean cabins sheds barns or other qtPuitdtn a: <br /> ar d f di s 30 r i Ufft t 06 for ti ( sport of <br /> afi - ecti us'a Fosat zec}"rnaterial''tAtear rubber, latex, vinyl, or <br /> nitrile gloves and clean up all rodent urine, droppings, nests, and dead <br /> rodents using disinfectant or bleach and water. Mop floors or spray dirt <br /> floors with a disinfectant or mixture of bleach and water. Clean <br /> countertops, cabinets, and drawers with a disinfectant or a mixture of <br /> bleach and water. <br /> Clean up heavy rodent infestation <br /> Special precautions should be used for cleaning homes or buildings with <br /> • heavy rodent infestation. Also, workers who are either hired specifically <br /> to perform a clean-up or asked to do so as part of their work activities <br /> should receive specific training about hantavirus from a health agency. <br /> The special precautions may also apply to vacant dwellings that have <br /> attracted large numbers of rodents and to dwellings and other structures <br /> that have been occupied by persons with confirmed hantavirus infection. <br /> Persons involved in the clean-up should wear coveralls (disposable, if <br /> possible); rubber boots or disposable shoe covers; rubber, latex, vinyl, <br /> or nitrite gloves; protective goggles; and an appropriate respiratory <br /> protection device, such as a half-mask air-purifying (or negative- <br /> pressure) respirator with a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA)filter or <br /> a powered air-purifying respirator(PAPR)with HEPA filters. Personal <br /> protective gear should be decontaminated upon removal at the end of <br /> the day. All potentially infective waste material (including respirator <br /> filters)from clean-up operations that cannot be burned or deep buried <br /> on site should be double bagged in appropriate plastic bags. The <br /> bagged material should then be labeled as infectious (if it is to be <br /> transported)and disposed of in accordance with local requirements for <br /> infectious waste. <br /> Clean up rodent food sources and nesting sites <br /> • Prevent contact with rodents by cleaning up your home, workplace, or <br /> campsite. <br /> http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps_stc/stc_clean.htm 11/18/2005 <br />