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Bleach weirdness
Bobo Bonobo(R) wrote:
> On Nov 17, 5:58 pm, "Dave Bugg" > wrote:
>> Bobo Bonobo(R) wrote:
>>> I see that:
>>> http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/...lution_fact_sh...
>>> We use the 1/4 cup/gal, and I can't think of a home use where anyone
>>> would want anything stronger unless your sewer backed up. For
>>> regular kitchen/bathroom use, that seems like plenty.
>>> For sanitizing the stuff in the child care and preschool rooms, the
>>> standard is 200ppm, which is about 4x more dilute than the 1/4 cup
>>> above.
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>>>> I imagine you probably have access to bleach-free disinfectant
>>>> chemicals which also do a great job.
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>>> Those quaternary ammonium chloride disinfectants--which is what
>>> Lysol contains--are SO expensive that we almost never use them, and
>>> I don't think they make phenol disinfectants anymore. Bleach is
>>> very cheap.
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>>> Does your health dept want you to use bleach that strong (10%)?
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>> Only for visible contaminents like blood, vomit, feces, urine, etc.
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> What's funny is that urine is sterile. Icky maybe, but sterile.
Yup. The problem is it quickly grows bacteria once it leaves the body.
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Dave
www.davebbq.com
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