SHOP EQUIPMENT
• Clean surfaces in the work area you may have touched.
• A handheld spray bottle may speed up cleaning.
2. CLEANING AND DISINFECT- ING SPECIFICALLY FOR AFTER
USING A BLAST CABINET. After using a blast cabinet, clean and disinfect: • Switches • Latches • Regulators • Wing nuts • View window exterior (You, and probably others, have breathed on it.)
• Any other part of the cabinet you may have touched.
• Any blast cabinet surface you may have leaned against with bare skin or clothing.
• Any other surfaces you may have touched.
3. BLAST GLOVES • As best you can, clean and disinfect the interior of your rubber blast gloves and dry them.
• If other operators use the machine, all should have their own set of quick-change gloves. • Don’t share gloves!
4. DRY SURFACES YOU CLEANED
WITH DISPOSABLE RAGS. Drying equipment with disposable rags is important because: • The coronavirus can live longer in moist environments.
• Mold can grow in moist environments.
• Remember: Throw away rags after using them. The virus may be on them.
EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN USING BLAST ROOMS
1. IF YOU TOUCH IT, CLEAN IT! • If you remember anything from this article, it’s: If you touch it, clean (and disinfect) it.
• In order to kill those invisible viruses, clean with a disinfectant such as an antiviral cleaner, a solution that is 2% bleach, or other Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended disinfectants. Even if a surface you touched looks clean—clean it!
• Clean all parts of a blast room your hands, body, blast suit, or gloves may have touched. Yes, your blast suit and gloves. The coronavirus could be there and then transfer onto a surface you touched.
• Clean surfaces in the work area you may have touched.
• A handheld orchard sprayer or a basic spray bottle may speed up cleaning.
2. CLEANING AND DISINFECT- ING SPECIFICALLY FOR AFTER
USING A BLAST ROOM. After using a blast room, clean and disinfect:
• Door handles • View windows • Brooms • Shovels • Any other tools in or parts of the blast room you may have touched.
• Any blast room surface you may have leaned against.
• Any part of the blast machine you may have touched, such as: • Hose
• Remote controls • Abrasive metering valve • Isolation valves • Bags of abrasive that you touched and have not discarded. (Keep moisture from entering the bags.)
• Any other surfaces you may have touched.
3. BLAST SUITS AND GLOVES • Clean and disinfect the exterior of your blast suit and gloves.
• As best you can, clean and disinfect the interior of your blast suit and gloves and dry them. Air drying may be the easiest. • Don’t share blast suits and gloves!
4. RESPIRATORS Follow the procedures mentioned earlier for cleaning and disinfecting respirators.
5. DRY SURFACES YOU CLEANED
WITH DISPOSABLE RAGS. If you cannot let equipment air dry, it is important to dry the equipment with disposable rags because: • The coronavirus can live longer in moist environments.
• Mold can grow in moist environments.
• Remember: Throw away rags after using them. The virus may be on them.
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