Bleach is used for certain items, but it is harsh and inappropriate for some materials. You'll find it in the protocols. The protocols will also be posted soon in revised form on the ICS website (the revisions are to make them shorter and easier for non-native English readers to understand).
George From: S S [mailto:back2scool...@hotmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 6:29 PM To: texascavers@texascavers.com Cc: l...@alumni.sfu.ca Subject: RE: [Texascavers] RE: Texas Considering Closing Caves for WNS What ever happend to BLEACH? (Sodium Hypochlorite) solution 1/4 cup added to 5 gallons of water should be enough to disenfect. They do it with Wet Suits all the time. Dunk it....wait 30 sec.. then rinse it all off. Lysol would seem to be a useless waste of money. I have some carpet fresh I'll give away to go with the lysol. _____ List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:13:11 -0500 From: jkenn...@batcon.org To: mmin...@nmhu.edu; mark.al...@l-3com.com; nmca...@caver.net; texascavers@texascavers.com CC: l...@alumni.sfu.ca Subject: RE: [Texascavers] RE: Texas Considering Closing Caves for WNS The Material Safety Data Sheet for LysolR All-purpose Professional Cleaner ( <http://www.hescoinc.com/msds/ly74392.pdf> http://www.hescoinc.com/msds/ly74392.pdf) shows concentrations of quats over 3%. I have seen it for about $5 for a 22-ounce bottle online. -- Jim From: Minton, Mark [mailto:mmin...@nmhu.edu] Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 1:53 PM To: mark.al...@l-3com.com; nmcaver; txcaver Cc: Lyndon Tiu Subject: [Texascavers] RE: Texas Considering Closing Caves for WNS Mark, et al., >Further info is available at the TSA homepage: http://www.cavetexas.org/information/white_nose_syndrome.html The link on that page for the USFWS Disinfection Protocol is out of date. It has procedures from March. The supposedly final June versions are here: <http://www.fws.gov/northeast/wnscavers.html>. Note that in several places these new documents state that quaternary ammonium compounds with a concentration of >3% should be used. According to people I have spoken with, that is incorrect. It should state 0.3%. This is actually what the second USFWS document says in the table on page 5, in contradiction to what it says on pages 2 and 3 of the same document. This is very unfortunate. It is actually difficult to find these compounds in concentrations as high as 3%. Mark Minton _____ Windows LiveT SkyDriveT: Get 25 GB of free online storage. Get it on your BlackBerry or iPhone. <http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009>
