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Re: artsednet-digest V2 #997

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BRAQUEG
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:50:53 EDT

In a message dated 10/17/98 Ginny Rockwood, Brattleboro Area Middle School
>> Brattleboro, VT writes:

<< Good question. Just checked with my school nurse. Yes, tools that students
>> have cut themselves with need to be washed . She suggests Clorox. Either
>> straight and then washed off, or with a 1-10 solution with water (this
>> mixture is only good for 24 hours.) The hepatitis viris can live for 15
days.
>> Yikes.
>> Ginny, who told you that a 1-10 Clorox solution's effectiveness only
lasts 24 >hrs.? In our school every teacher has a spray bottle filled with
this to use for >cleanup after an accident that could endanger group health.
It may be a total >waste of our time and effort if what you say is true!
Thanks. Gale Lee
>>