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<br />.' General: Prevention: Heavy Infestations I CDC Hantaviruses <br /> <br />Page I of2 <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Site Contents <br /> <br />General <br />Information <br /> <br />Tracking a <br />Mystery <br />Disease <br /> <br />How Is HPS <br />Transmitted? <br /> <br />Who Is at Risk <br />of Getting <br />HPS? <br /> <br />What are the <br />Symptoms of <br />HPS? <br /> <br />How Do I <br />Prevent HPS? <br /> <br />Seal Up! Trap <br />Up! Clean <br />Up' <br /> <br />Prevenling <br />Hanlavirus. <br />Indoors <br />and <br />Outdoors <br /> <br />Common <br />Signs <br />of <br />Rodent <br />Infestation <br /> <br />Cleaning <br />Up <br /> <br />Heavy <br />Infestations <br /> <br />Precautions <br />for <br />Workers <br /> <br />ResPirator <br />Update <br /> <br />Precautions <br />for <br />Campers <br />and <br />Hikers <br /> <br />Treating <br />Hantavirus <br />Pulmonary <br />Syndrome <br /> <br />Technical <br />Infnrm::l.finn <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />National Center fOl" Infectious Diseases <br />Special Pathogens Branch <br /> <br />All About Hantaviruses <br /> <br />All Ab9.!JJJi~_r:ili!yiruses Home I General Information <br />Technical Information I ~2!ltact Us <br /> <br />Special Precautions for Homes of Persons with Confirmed <br />Hantavirus Infection or Buildings with Heavy Rodent Infestations <br /> <br />Special precautions should be used for cleaning homes or buildings with heavy <br />rodent infestations in areas where HPS has been reported. If you are attempting <br />to deal with such an infestation, it is recommended that you contact the <br />responsible local, state, or federal public health agency for guidance. <br /> <br />The special precautions may also apply to vacant dwellings that havc attracted <br />numbers of rodents while unoccupied and to dwellings and other structures that <br />have been occupied by persons with confirmed hantavirus infection. <br /> <br />Workers who are either hired specifically to perform the clean-up or asked to <br />do so as part of their work activities should rcceive a thorough orientation from <br />the responsiblc health agency about hantavirus transmission and should be <br />trained to perform the required activities safely. <br /> <br />Precautions To Be Used:. <br /> <br />. Persons involved in the clean-up should wear coveralls (disposable, if <br />possible), rubber boots or disposable shoe covers, rubber or plastic <br />gloves, protective goggles, and an appropriate respiratory protection <br />device, such as a half-mask air-purifying (or negative-pressure) respirator <br />with a high-efficiency particulate air (HEP A) filter or a powcrcd air- <br />purifying respirator (PAPR) with HEPA filters. <br /> <br />Note The HEP A classification recently has been discontinued. Please <br />read _"UI>4'JJ~Q]lLh"-l'I(1I11,,')c:lature and Usg of R<:ospirillQ[s as a <br />j>recautismIQf H anla}'LTlJ"JllJecti on, Fehfl!al)', L999" for details. <br /> <br />. Personal protcctivc gear should be decontaminated upon removal at the <br />end ofthe day. If thc covcralls are not disposable, they should be <br />laundered on site. If no laundry facilities are available, the coveralls <br />should be immersed in liquid disinfectant until they can be washed. <br />. All potentially infective waste material (including respirator filters) from <br />clean-up operations that cannot be burned or deep buried on site should <br />be double bagged in appropriate plastic bags. The bagged material should <br />then be labeled as infectious (if it is to be transported) and disposed of in <br />accordance with local rcquircments for infectious waste. <br />. Workers who develop symptoms suggestive ofHPS within 45 days of the <br />last potential exposure should immediately seek medical attention. The <br />physician should contact local health authorities promptly ifhantavirus- <br /> <br />http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hantalhps/noframes/prevenI4.htm <br /> <br />11/18/2005 <br />