| CONTROL OF HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS |
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| ORGANIC CHLORAMINES
(Sodium Dichloro Isocyanurate) |
| CHLORAMINES (NaDCC) |
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NACO (NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL
ORGANIZATION), UNDER THE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (MHFW) Govt. of
India., HAS APPROVED THE PRODUCT FOR DISINFECTING HUMAN
SPILLS OF HIV PATIENCES AND MAINTANENCE OF HOSPITAL HYGIENE. |
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Tested for efficiency in various institutes,
labs and colleges. |
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| ADVANTAGES |
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High self life of 3 years. |
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Liberates up to 63% of chlorine. |
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Requires low contact time. |
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Effective in disinfecting the human
spills. |
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| USES |
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Prevention of pathogenic
disease from spreading. |
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Very effective on viruses like HIV\HBV. |
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Effective cleaning of infected areas
of human spills. |
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Cleaning/disinfecting of maternity wards. |
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Used in cleaning hospital equipments,
cloths, surgical tools and equipments, floors, etc., |
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| DOSAGE AND SPECIFICATION |
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Each tablet is 7 grams,
with effective strength of 3.5 grams. |
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Every 3.5 grams of tablets will produce
2 grams of available chlorine. |
| {* the amount
is specified by the NACO for recommended dilution of chlorine
releasing compounds. }. |
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| MANUAL FOR
CONTROL OF HOSPITAL ASSOCIATED INFECTION. STANDARD OPERATIVE
PROCEDURES. RECOMMENDED BY NACO. |
| RECOMMENDED DILUTIONS
OF CHLORINE RELEASING COMPOUNDS |
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Clean condition (e.g. |
Dirty condition (e.g. blood |
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cleaned medical equipment) |
spills soiled equipment) |
| Available chlorine required |
0.1% |
1% |
| If 5% stock |
0.1% |
(10 g/litre - 10000 ppm) |
| 10% stock |
Dil 1:50 |
Dil 1:5 |
| Dilution |
Dil 1:100 |
Dil 1:10 |
| Sodium hypochlorite solution |
20 ml/litre |
100 ml/litre |
| (5% available chlorine) |
|
100 ml/litre |
| Calcium hypochlorite |
1.4 g/litre |
7.0 g/litre |
| NaOCI |
1.7 g/litre |
8.5 g/litre |
(60% available chlorine)
NaOCI based tablets
(1.5 g of available chlorine
per tablet) |
1 tablet/litre |
4 tablets/litre |
Chloramine
(25% available Chlorine) |
20 g/litre |
20 g/litre
or 40 g/litre |
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| MANUAL FOR
CONTROL OF HOSPITAL ASSOCIATED INFECTION. STANDARD OPERATIVE
PROCEDURES. RECOMMENDED BY NACO |
| RECOMMENDED DILUTION
OF CHLORINE RELEASING COMPOUNDS: |
| Sodium hypochlorite Solution |
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| 5% available chlorine |
20 ml/litre |
100 ml/litre |
| Calcium hypochlorite |
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1.4 gm/litre |
7.0 gm/litre |
(NaOCI Powder)
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Sodium dichlorosocyanurate
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1.7 gm/litre
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8.5 gm/litre |
(NaOCI Tablets)
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| Sodium dichlorosocyanurate |
1 tablet/litre
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4 tablets/litre |
Chloramine
(25% available chlorine)
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20 gm/litre
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20 gm/litre |
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