In camping conditions, in the country, and just when it is suspected that the tap is not the cleanest water, Aquatabs tablets are recommended. Instructions for use with such a tool are required, because it contains active chlorine. Different manufacturers recommend using the substance in different ways. In addition to active chlorine - sodium salts of dichloroisocyanuric acid - the composition includes auxiliary substances to increase solubility in water: adipic acid, sodium salts , sulfates and bicarbonates.
Drug characteristics
According to epidemiological indications, Aquatabs tablets are used to purify water that contains bacteria or viruses. Instructions for use state that they disinfect drinking water. This substance is bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal.
“Aquatabs” is produced in tablets of different weights, determined by the amount of released active chlorine, that is, the Na salt of dichloroisocyanuric acid: 3.5, 17, 500 mg, as well as 2 and 8 grams. In special plastic banks, the product is stored for three years, in a blister for five years.
Externally, the tablets should be white, with cut ribs. It is important to correctly determine the dosage of the drug "Aquatabs". Instructions for use provide special correspondence tables and formulas for comparing solubility.
Application methods
The technology of trial application of the product is used in order to determine the correct dose for the release of the desired amount of residual chlorine. Water is poured into three liter containers, which should be decontaminated. Take tablets according to the degree of turbidity of the water. 2 mg is added to clean water if 5 mg of muddy, filtered or colored water is poured into all three containers. Everywhere they add a product whose chlorine content is the same. Having mixed everything thoroughly, the containers are left for 30 minutes. After half an hour, the dose is determined by the smell of chlorine. In the container in which the smell is felt, but not sharp, the dosage is correct. If there is no such can, respectively, the amount is either reduced or doubled.
How else can you use the Aquatabs tablets? The instruction provides another way. The mass of chlorine injected cannot exceed 10 mg per liter of cubic liquid. For decentralized water supply (reservoirs, rivers, wells). From tap and well water, from 3 to 5 mg of the substance is introduced for 30 minutes. Water from a natural reservoir - river, lake, etc. - is neutralized with chlorine in the amount of 1.3 or 1.6 mg per liter cubic for 30 minutes.
After carrying out procedures for disinfection with Aquatabs tablets, the water must be filtered. Suitable household filters with activated carbon or other adsorbents. Water can also be boiled to remove residual chlorine.
Safety precautions when using Aquatabs
Instructions for use contain certain rules that must be followed.
- In case of hypersensitivity to products containing active chlorine, it is prohibited to use Aquatabs.
- If the active substance in the solution is less than 0.1%, no protective equipment is required. With an increase in Na content of DHCC from 0.2% and above, RU-60M respirators are used (protects the respiratory tract from aerosols, blocks smoke, fog, dust mixture); RPG-67 - gas-proof, from impurities contained in vapors and gases. Still need glasses to protect the eyes.
- The container containing the disinfecting solution must be tightly closed.
- Regardless of the concentration of the solution, hands must be protected with rubber gloves, it is imperative to observe hygiene rules.
- Liquid disinfected with large doses of active chlorine has a limited shelf life. When disinfection is carried out with the maximum possible dose (10 mg / l) or “Aquatabs” 17 mg, the use of water after a month (30 days) is prohibited.
- When processing storage tanks and food water supply circuits, mechanical cleaning is carried out, the tanks must be washed.
- Aquatabs tablets are stored in places where children cannot get, separate from other medicines.
First aid for poisoning
This medication contains a chemical that is a source of chlorine. Therefore, it is necessary to use the Aquatabs tablets correctly. Instructions for use contain tips on how to behave in case of poisoning.
- If the liquid with the solution has got on unprotected skin, wash the area with plenty of water and soap.
- If there are symptoms of air poisoning, a person is urgently suspended from work, removed to fresh air, protective clothing must be removed. He needs to give a warm drink - tea or milk, make inhalation with a solution of 2% soda concentration - a teaspoon of soda in a glass of water.
- If chlorine solution gets into your eyes, rinse with warm water and drip drops of 30% sodium sulfacyl. Then you need to call a doctor.
- If the drug got into the gastrointestinal tract, three to four glasses of warm water are drunk, in which 10-20 tablets of activated carbon are diluted. It is forbidden to induce vomiting.
- At the end of the work, all unprotected places are washed with soap.