Bulletin One 2012 2013 Final.pdf - Fort Worth ISD

A. Routine and standard procedures should be used to clean up after a child has an accident or
injury at school. Blood or other body fluids emanating from any child should be treated
cautiously. Gloves should be worn when cleaning up blood spills and surfaces contaminated
with them. These spills should be disinfected with a freshly made solution of household
chlorine bleach in water (one-fourth [1/4] cup bleach to one [1] gallon of water) and persons
coming in contact with them should wash their hands before and afterwards. Blood-soaked
items or clothing stained with blood should be placed in leak-proof bags for further
disposition. Similar procedures are recommended for dealing with vomitus and fecal or urinary
incontinence in any child. Hand washing with soap and hot water after contact with a school
child is routinely recommended if physical contact has been made with the child’s blood or
body fluids, including saliva.
B. Rugs which are contaminated by body fluids may be cleaned by applying a sanitary absorbent
agent. Allow the agent to dry according to the directions; then vacuum. If needed,
mechanically remove with a dust pan and broom; then apply rug shampoo (containing a
germicidal detergent) with a brush and re-vacuum. Counters, mats, floors, etc., that are
contaminated with body fluids must be cleaned after the spill of the body fluid and again at the
end of the day with soap and water and rinsed with the appropriate disinfectant.
C. Maintenance responsibilities should include daily cleaning with bleach/germicide in areas
where contact with body fluids is likely (such as the health room, health room toilet(s), sink(s),
student and staff lavatories, etc.). Plastic bags should also be changed daily and disposed of
routinely; disposable gloves should be worn.
3.9.II Cleaning of Hard Surfaces:
A. Remove soil surface, then apply disinfectant. (Sodium hypochlorite one-fourth [1/4] cup to
one [1] gallon of water or any FWISD approved disinfectant.)
B. Mops should be soaked in the disinfectant after use, then washed in hot water prior to rinsing.
Gloves should be worn.
C. Disposable items should be double bagged and placed in trash receptacle.
D. Non-disposable equipment (dust pans, buckets) should be rinsed thoroughly in the disinfectant.
E. Discard used solution promptly in drain pipe, rinse pail or container.
F. Gloves should be removed when all clean up is completed and placed in double trash bag.
Wash hands thoroughly before and after using gloves.
3.9.III Additional Information
A. In many instances, unanticipated skin contact with body fluids may occur in situations where
gloves or some type of barrier (handkerchief, paper towel, etc.) may be immediately
unavailable (e.g., a runny nose, applying pressure to a bleeding injury outside the classroom,
helping a child in the restroom). In these instances, hands and other affected skin areas of all
exposed persons should be routinely washed with soap and water after direct contact has
12-13 SY Bulletin Number One 51 Revised: 10/9/2012