Hazmat suits make all of that important work possible.
People wearing hazmat suits to clean attic where racoon lived.
It is a roundworm that is particular to raccoons.
Children can be extremely sensitive to all forms of waste created by these rodents.
This fogging machine also called an atomizer sprays my cleaning solution in a fine mist that permeates the entire attic and makes certain attic cleanup scenarios easy.
To protect myself against insulation fibers and animal biohazard i wear a disposable tyvek suit and i wear the respirator mask as shown above.
Since raccoons are so common in the midwest and commonly use lawns for toilets i would think if this were a critical health concern through airborne transmission we d all have to be walking around wearing biohazard suits and respirators and it would certainly be a hazard to be in an area where the feces were burned.
Ecos strongly recommends that critter clean up and animal waste removal be done by an experienced professional wearing ppe tyvek suits industry standard gloves boots and most importantly respirators.
I then fog the attic with a special cleaner called bac azap which helps decontaminate.
This article combines a true story with advice about dealing with raccoon invasions of buildings.
This article series discusses how to find where animals are getting into your building and how to keep.
I wear a tyvek suit latex cloves a hepa respirator mask and i remove the feces by hand plus the soiled insulation and bag it in plastic bags.
Entry points behavioir repellants in buildings.
But they also potentially offer frontline defense against known and unknown biological and chemical threats.
Hazmat suits can also be used by ordinary homeowners who want to put fiberglass insulation in their attic or who need to use pesticides to clear their property of a tic infestation.
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We describe the raccoon s noisy appearance in a home s attic during the christmas holidays and how the occupants responded.
I ve never had a problem.
Sometimes they leave their feces concentrated in a tight area a small raccoon latrine but most of the time they just go wherever and the poop is spread out all over the attic.
It is a roundworm that is particular to raccoons.
The gear can range from simple gloves and goggles masks and disposable gloves all the way to extreme cases needing the 80 tyvek suits or what duncanson calls the full hazmat or moon suits.
Forgoing the hazmat suit i did wear disposable gloves and mask covered my shoes with plastic bags laundered my clothes in hot water and showered immediately on coming indoors.
I have cleaned well over 100 attics that contain raccoon feces.
