| Chlorine Solutions According to Use1 | |||
| 0.05% | 0.2% | 2% | |
| HTH (70% active chlorine |
0.7 grams in 1 litre of water or half tablespoon in 10 litres of water |
3 grams in 1 litre of water or 2 level tablespoons in 10 litres of water |
30 grams in 1 litre of water or 2 level tablespoons in 1 litre of water |
|
Sodium hypochlorite (bleach) at 5% active chlorine |
10 ml of bleach in 1 litre of water |
40 ml of bleach in 1 litre of water or 4 tablespoons in 1 litre of water |
400 ml of bleach in 1 litre of water |
| Use |
Washing hands (when soap and ABHR are not available), utensils and dishes, PPE (gloves, apron, goggles, etc.) |
Disinfection of all parts of the cholera wards, floors, latrines, kitchen, toilets and shower/bathing units, beds or cots, patient’s bedding and linens, clothing, utensils, containers and dishes, waste containers and covers, vehicles used for transporting patients. |
Disinfection of vomit and stool. |
|
Precautions |
Solution must be changed every day and protected from heat and light |
Use with gloves |
Use with gloves |
Notas:
- Copo = 200ml; colher de sopa = 10ml (ou 14-15 g).
- O cloro pode corroer e danificar o metal. É por isso importante nunca preparar soluções de cloro em recipientes de metal (a menos que estejam devidamente esmaltados ou pintados), nem utilizar colheres de metal para medir ou para mexer. Recomenda-se a utilização de recipientes de plástico para a preparação das soluções de cloro e colheres de madeira para medir e mexer.
Fonte: Fundo das Nações Unidas para a Infância, Chlorine Mixing, in Cholera Toolkit, 2013, Anexo 8E(C).
Nova Iorque: UNICEF; 2013 (https://wxww.unicef.org/cholera/Cholera-Toolkit-2013.pdf); Médecins Sans Frontières. Preparation of chlorine solutions for cholera structures, in Cholera Guidelines 2004. MSF; 2004 (https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/files/choleraguide.pdf).
