Spill Management

Types of Body Fluid under Spill Management.

v  Blood

v  Urine

v  Pus

v  Saliva

v  Semen

v  Csf  etc…

Spill management is a process of cleaning of containing & controlling spill to minimize the effects on people, the environment & property.

Purpous in a hospital hazardous substance such as body fluid, drugs, cleaning fluid & other chemicals are in very close proximity to hundreds of people each day.

Trust in hospital spillage of blood body fluids & chemicals can occur at any time due to broken or faulty equipment & human errors.

Any such spill poses risk to the staff, visitors & patients who are extremely susceptible to infection.

It is therefore essential for the hospital / laboratory to have the right material and well trained staff to deal in the immediately spill area.

Spill management kit

Ø  CAUTION STAND

Ø Gloves

Ø  Disposable Plastic apron

Ø  Disposable Face mask

Ø  Disposable shoo cover

Ø  Absorbent material just like Tissue paper, news paper ,blotting paper

Ø  Yellow plastic waste collection bag

Ø  Cleaning Equipment

Ø  Bucket

Ø  Mop

Ø  Cloths

Ø  1 % sodium hypochloride solution spray

All the spill kits must to be  available in  every department , especially where risk of spill in more, like laboratory, sample collection room, wards etc.

Display of spill management protocols

Spill management protocols need to be displayed at prominent location in the hospital / laboratories. Displayed protocols serve as a ready reference for the staff for management of spill .iec materials displayed at point of use.