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<br />'. Generdl: Prevention: Heavy Infestations I CDC Hantaviruses <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 />Prevenl HPS? <br /> <br />Seal Up' Trap <br />Up' Clean <br />Up' <br /> <br />Preventing <br />Hantavirus, <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 />tor <br />Campers <br />and <br />Hikers <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />T reatino <br />Hcmlavirus <br />Pulmonary <br />Syndrome <br />T echniGl[ <br />Intnrrn;:ltinn <br /> <br />Page I 01'2 <br /> <br />National Center for Infectious Diseases <br />Special Pathogens Branch <br /> <br />All About Hantaviruses <br /> <br />Atr_8.b9ut Hantaviruses Horne I Generallnformalion <br />1 edmical Information I r:;ontEf-Llb <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 whcre HPS has bcen reported. If you are altempting <br />to deal with such an infcstation, it is recommended that you contact the <br />responsible local, state, or federal public health agency for guidance, <br /> <br />The spccial precautions may also apply to vacant dwellings that havc attracted <br />numbcrs of rodents while unoccupied and to dwellings and other structurcs that <br />have bcen occupied by persons with confirmed hantavirus infection. <br /> <br />Workers who are either hired specifically to perfonn the clean-up or asked to <br />do so as part of their work activities should receive a thorough orientation from <br />the responsible 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 wcar coveralls (disposable, if <br />possible), rubber boots or disposable shoe covers, rubber or plastic <br />gloves, protective goggles, and an appropriate respiratory protection <br />dcvice, such as a half-mask air-purifying (or negative-pressure) respirator <br />with a high-efficiency particulate air (HEP A) filter or a powered air- <br />purifying respirator (PAPR) with HEPA filters. <br /> <br />Note The HEP A classification recently has been discontinued. Please <br />read"V12d~J,,_QrLJheJ'lom_eflc lamr" and .1) se_ 0 CB&SRir~tQrsa"-'1 <br />preca\lti()rrJor l:1al1!.avi.I:!]!i~tllfecliOJ),.fcl>!l]~rY,J299" tor dctails, <br /> <br />. Personal protective gear should be decontaminated upon removal at the <br />end of the day, If the coveralls are not disposable, they should be <br />laundered on site, Ifno laundry facilitics arc available, the coveralls <br />should be immersed in liquid disinfcctant until thcy can be washcd. <br />. All potentially infective waste material (including respirator filters) from <br />clean-up operations that cannot be bumed 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 he transported) and disposed of in <br />accordance with local requirements for infectious waste. <br />. Workers who develop symptoms suggcstivc ofHPS within 45 days ofthc <br />last potential exposure should immediately seek medical attcntion. The <br />physician should contact local health authorities promptly ifhantavirus- <br /> <br />http://www . cdc, go v I nc i dodl d i scascs/hantalhps/n 0 frames/prevcn t 4, h 1m <br /> <br />] III 8/2005 <br />