Lazy Daze Owners' Group

Black/Gray Tank clean procedure

August 25, 2019, 06:42:01 pm

The goal of this note is to share good practice on tank dumping/cleaning.    The issue is not protection of yourself, although that is very important, but to protect others from you.    Generally your personal family already has be exposed to your germ/virus biology.   The real issue is we have no idea what was the practice of the folks that preceded us to  the water or dump station.   

 As background I worked in medical field and hospitals most of my adult life.   With this in mind this is a modified system I use to protect me and mine.    The key is to keep 'dirty' equipment separated from clean equipment.   
1. open compartment
2. put key in pocket
3. put on gloves
4. open 'dirty' bag and connect dump hose
5. open value to dump black then gray water
6. close value
7. disconnect dump hose
8. clean dump hose using dump area water
9. store  dump hose in 'dirty' bag
10. remove gloves   See of Checklist 5: Applying Non-Sterile Gloves of this page . 1.3 Hand Hygiene and Non-Sterile Gloves – Clinical Procedures for Safer... .
11. put gloves in trash
12. remove key from pocket -- lock bin
13. start LD --  vacate dump station

glen

Re: Black/Gray Tank clean procedure

Reply #2 – August 25, 2019, 08:55:51 pm

I bought grey and white containers with snap-on lids.  The containers just fit through the access door in the back of my 31IB.  I keep all black waste hose, orange water hose, sprayable clorox solution and gloves in the grey box.  The white water hose, filter, pressure regulator, etc go in the white container.  I keep containers apart after they are removed from the storage locker.  Also wipe down both containers with clorox spray before storing back in the coach.   I use the clorox solution to spray down everything that I am going to interact with at the dump station. 

Re: Black/Gray Tank clean procedure

Reply #4 – August 26, 2019, 09:29:27 am

Kent,
That is almost exactly what I do.  I was trying to keep my 'steps' simple.  

The place were most all 'untrained' folk make mistakes is in the glove removal process.    The order of putting on and removal of gloves seems simple.   A person must be thinking ahead and not be worried about stopping the whole process so they can maintain a 'clean' process.    

There seems to be a bit of social pressure at the dump station to get in and out as quickly as possible.   I get that.   But as I told my students -- the only person that will suffer is you if you make a mistake.  

glen