Odorox Slimline Owner's Manual page 6

SAFETY INFORMATION
• Use the eyedropper to collect mercury beads
and place them in the plastic bag. Hold the
eyedropper at an angle to draw the mercury into
the tip. Keep the eyedropper at an angle to stop
the mercury from rolling back out until you can put
the mercury into the plastic bag. Wrap tape (sticky
side out) around your gloved fingers and carefully
use it to pick up any remaining glass or beads.
Check again with the flashlight to be sure that no
beads of mercury remain.
• At this point, mercury beads may still be trapped
in cracks or crevices on irregular surfaces. Sprinkle
sulfur powder over the contaminated area and
rub it gently all over the surface and into the cracks
with a paper towel. Sulfur powder binds with
mercury. Use a paper towel dampened with water
followed by wiping with another damp paper towel
to clean up the sulfur and mercury. Place the used
paper towels in a zipper-type plastic bag.
• Put all the items that were used to pick up the
mercury, including index cards or cardboard,
eyedropper, contaminated tape, paper towels,
and zipper-type bags into the trash bag. Carefully
remove rubber gloves by grabbing them at the
wrist and pulling them inside out as they come off.
Place the used gloves in the trash bag.
• Carefully seal the trash bag that contains the
mercury-contaminated waste and put it in a
secure place, preferably outdoors and out of reach
of children and pets until it can be disposed of
safely.
• If possible, open a window and use a fan to
ventilate the area to the outdoors for 24-48
hours before resuming normal use. If possible, heat
the area (for example, with a space heater) while
still ventilating to the outdoors. Avoid blowing
the exhaust back indoors or into other nearby
residences.
• Clothes or shoes that did not come in direct
contact with liquid mercury should be removed
and put into the trash bag that was left outside
the contaminated area at the beginning of the
cleanup. Close the trash bag and take it outdoors.
Carefully remove the shoes and or clothing
from the trash bag and air them out thoroughly
outdoors for 24 to 48 hours. After the outdoor
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airing, items that are washable can then be
laundered.
• Dispose of contaminated items properly!
Mercury-contaminated items should not be placed
in the regular household trash. Contact your town
or county officials for information about hazardous
waste disposal in your community.
Mercury Spill Kit Suppliers
Crackle Scientific
Lab Safety Supply
Cole-Parmer
For schools and businesses only:
Fisher Scientific
Mallinckrodt/Baker
Sigma Aldrich
VWR Scientific
For schools only:
Fisher Scientific
800-334-7725
800-356-0783
800-323-4340
800-766-7000
800-582-2537
800-325-3010
800-932-5000
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