Update to disinfectant guidance for HIV-contaminated surfaces

NOTICE: This is an OSHA Archive Document, and may no longer represent OSHA Policy. It is presented here as historical content, for research and review purposes only.

July 11, 1989

MEMORANDUM FOR: ALL REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS

FROM: PATRICIA K. CLARK, ACTING DIRECTOR
DIRECTORATE OF COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS

THRU: LEO CAREY, DIRECTOR
DIRECTORATE OF FIELD PROGRAMS

SUBJECT: Update to OSHA Instruction CPL 2-2.44A

Due to the recent clarification (Federal Register. Vol. 54, No. 26; February 9, 1989) issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its labeling policy for antimicrobial pesticide products, it has become necessary to update OSHA Instruction CPL 2-2.44A. EPA's FR publication expanded the listing of the approved products claiming to be effective against the human immunodeficiency virus (AIDS virus) on environmental surfaces. This new information will be incorporated into the next change to CPL 2-2.44A.

Attached for your information is a letter from EPA's Office of pesticides and Toxic Substances that provides the above-mentioned information on the antimicrobial pesticides that are registered by EPA as sterilants and/or hospital disinfectants under FIFRA. Attachments A through C list products registered by EPA as sterilizers and hospital disinfectants; attachment C provides a special listing of products that have been documented as effective against HIV (AIDS) virus on environmental surfaces.

Should you require any additional information concerning one of the listed products or any other chemical germicide, contact the EPA directly.

The address and telephone number are:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Antimicrobial Program
Branch Registration Division (TS-767C)
Office of Pesticide Programs
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460

Telephone: (703) 557-7470

[EPA letter and product attachments reproduced on OSHA page; omitted here.]