diff --git a/external/lab-hsa/spill-bsc/spill-bsc.md b/external/lab-hsa/spill-bsc/spill-bsc.md index 3f549724a52d03452ced076113cc6ff52f065eec..83bae837413fdcba984a2450058924ddf288d490 100644 --- a/external/lab-hsa/spill-bsc/spill-bsc.md +++ b/external/lab-hsa/spill-bsc/spill-bsc.md @@ -35,23 +35,5 @@ The main challenge in this case is also to keep benefiting from the protection o - Resume or terminate work session - Notify the incident to your laboratory safety coordinator -## Spill outside a BSC - -This procedure covers liquid spills that are not likely to provoke -important aerosols (low energy spills such as leakage from a -non-pressurized equipment), occurring on an open bench or on the ground. - -- Alert people around -- Change gloves as well as lab coat if they have been exposed to the spill -- Secure the spillage area in order to prevent others to use it (bench) or walk in it (floor) -- Prepare spill kit -- Spread Haz-Tab granules on the spill and cover with absorbing material -- Let the disinfectant act for 15 minutes -- Clean up the area, using the scoop, scraper and, if needed, resistant gloves to collect broken glass -- Discard the absorbing material, gloves and everything that needs to be eliminated in infectious waste -- Spray the spilled area and its surroundings (exposed parts of furniture, equipment and walls) widely with 70% ethanol -- Let the disinfectant act for 5 minutes -- Wipe exposed surfaces with absorbing material -- Proceed to a last surface decontamination of the area wiping it with a freshly diluted Haz-Tab solution (concentration of available chlorine from 1,5 g/l in clean conditions to 6 g/l in dirty conditions) -- Notify the incident to your laboratory safety coordinator +