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Disaster Advice Glossary
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Disaster recovery and restoration can be veiled in mystery to the many who have not undertaken specific training. This glossary explains technical terms to assist both report writing and the understanding of those technical terms so often misunderstood.
Definitions
| Active Ingredient: |
One or more compounds, either dry or in solution, that enable the active ingredient compound(s) to perform a specific function. |
| Bleach: |
Household Chlorox-type chlorine bleach that has an active ingredient of approximately 5.25% hypochlorite. Safety Note: a) For sanitizing already cleaned and rinsed salvageable hard-surface building materials, use a 10:1 solution of water to bleach. If the hard surface has been cleaned with detergents the surface application of 10:1 water to bleach will give you approximately <5,000 ppm of remaining organisms in a given area. b)For contents, test all contents for color safe and damage to the contents from oxidizing bleach. c) For salvageable porous building material surfaces that are contaminate saturated, they need to be warm water washed and scrubbed with detergents, rinsed then bleach applied with a 5:1 solution, having a dwell time of 10 minutes, before fresh water rinsing or pressure spraying. d) Bleach, like any disinfectant should be removed once it has become effective. Mitigation Note: Household bleach is the CDC, EPA and health department disinfectant of choice in flooded buildings. See Disinfectants |
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