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Springfield, Mo. - The Ministry of Health Springfield-Greene County urged residents to be careful when cleaning up after a flood.
It may be impurities and unknown elements in the dangerous waters, and it must be taken when touch anything underwater.
Here are some tips when it comes to different elements such as food and furniture.
FOOD
Discard foods that have to be cooled when the power was cut for more than six hours.
Not refreeze frozen foods that have thawed. Discard when thawed for more than four hours.
If the food products have been in contact with flood, throwing fresh meat and poultry, cooked and processed foods, canned foods at home, packets that are not airtight food containers and paper.
Be dropped OTHER
Large soft objects that can be in contact with the water for two days or longer, such as sofas, chairs, mattresses and carpets. Mold growing on these issues, even if you can not see.
Wooden kitchen utensils.
Leather or paper products.
Drug and Cosmetic
Items can be saved
The bedding and other soft objects should be washed in hot water with bleach.
Beware of toys, cutlery, crockery and other small items. Wash with soap and water, then disinfect by water is immersed for one minute in a solution of four tablespoons of bleach to two liters.
Pots and pans can be sterilized by boiling for at least ten minutes.
Items that are too large to go into hiding or surfaces such as walls, floors and doors should be washed with soap and water, then wipe with a solution of one cup of bleach in one gallon of water.
REMEMBER YOUR SAFETY
Wear rubber boots and rubber gloves.
Use protective goggles and a mask when cleaning with bleach solutions.
Make sure your home is well ventilated.
Never use ammonia or other cleaning solutions mixed bleach because they produce toxic fumes.
Ask, tetanus vaccination is safe up to date. The bacteria that cause tetanus can enter the body through a puncture, cut or skin wounds. Through the soil or muddy water If your Tetanus should be updated every 10 years - contact from your family doctor or public health SGCHD Westside Center at (417) 874-1220.
To avoid electrical shock and damage to property, the purified insurance electrical appliances that have been in contact with flood, outdated and dry before use.
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