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Show t Disinfection Can j ! Help Prevent Spread I Of The Asian Flu j Diligent and regular disinfectant ..of the home by housewives can I 'play a vital role in helping to check the spread of Asian flu, according to Dr. Emil G. Klar- f mann, one of the leading authori- ties on germicides and disinfect-1 ants, and director of technical services for Lehn & Fink Prod- 1 ucts Corp., nationally - known pro-J : ' prietary drug company. I In view of the present sweep; I of the disease in this state, the' I fact that there is a readily avail-1 I able household disinfectant which j kills the flu virus, is of vast im-j ( portance. And, according to Dr.! Klarmann, regular disinfection j l v has a well - established function! i '. in giving added help against the other dangers of Asian flu, namely, name-ly, the secondary bacterial infec- tions like pneumonia, scarlet fever or strep throat. Disinfectants have shown their power to control these bacteria which ' could become es- ' pecially dangerous to flu patients ! whose disease resistance has ' been lowered, j- Because influenza is spread both indirectly, by inhaling virus i particles which have settled on' household surfaces and then been ( dispersed into, the air, as well i as directly by absorption of virus expelled from respiratory tracts of infected persons, disinfection, now is seen as a vigorous agent destined to play an important role; in the overall preventive program of controlling the spread of the disease. On the list of precautionary procedures, pro-cedures, issued by public health authorities, emphasis has ben placed quite properly on the need of certain measure (diet, rest, avoidance of exposure, etc.) which could contribute toward the maintenance main-tenance of a high resistance against ag-ainst the risk of infection. However, How-ever, in addition, Dr. Klarnunn recommends that certain preventive preven-tive disinfectant procedures he followed and further ones be added ad-ded if the flu has already invaded invad-ed the household. His recommendations recommen-dations follow the announcement of the discovery at a major Eastern East-ern medical school that three disinfectants dis-infectants tested, including one available av-ailable at drug and grocery stores rapidly and permanentiy inactivated inactiv-ated the Asian flu virus. As far as it is known, these germidices are the first to demonstrate dem-onstrate this property. The areas of the home that should command special attention in household disinfection, dis-infection, Dr. Klarman states, are: nursery, bathroom, kitchen, doorknobs, stair rails, food disposal, dis-posal, children's toys, closets and .blankets. By using Lysol, ,a flu-tested flu-tested disinfectant, regular cleaning clean-ing will mean regular disinfecting. And a frequent cleaning of surfaces sur-faces with the disinfectant solu-tlon solu-tlon 2Y2 tablespoons to each gallon, gal-lon, or two teaspoons to each quart of water or cleaning solution-will solution-will reduce considerably the occurrence oc-currence of the flu virus as well as of bacteria in the home. It should be used on all porcelain surfaces, on linoleum or tile floors, for baby diapers or garbage disposal dis-posal pails and to wipe down walls and woodwork. Should a member of the family contract the disease, Dr. Klarmann Klar-mann advises the following disinfectant disin-fectant procedures: Rinse patient's dishes and s.:l-versare s.:l-versare in Lysol disinfectant solution solu-tion before washing, keep separate separ-ate from rest of family's. Soak linen and laundry in disin-separately disin-separately from rest of family's wash. Wipe down bedside table, bedstead, bed-stead, and other furniture in patient's pat-ient's room daily with cloth dampened damp-ened in disinfectant solution. Mop floor of sickroom daily, with clean mop thoroughly dampened damp-ened with disinfectant solution. If you are caring for patient, rinse your hands in disinfectant solution and wash " thoroughly after af-ter each activity in sickroom. And he offers the following cleaning clea-ning "dont's:" Don't dust the sickroom with dry - lint - laden cloth this stirs up dust particles that may contain con-tain virus. Don't sweep sickroom floor with , a Droom or wipe noor wun ary jmop. j Don't shake patient's sheets or jbed covering, don't fluff pillows j except after changing to fresh linen. lin-en. ; Dr. Klarmann explains that i "No representation is intended that disinfection alone can halt an epidemic; but as part of an overall preventive program, disinfection dis-infection practiced regulary and intelligently can make a significant signifi-cant contribution." |
