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    Jennifer Benjamin
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    Im wondering if anyone has experience with clean up after possum infiltration?
    One of our smaller clinics had the pesky critters come visiting and they managed to make a rather gruesome mess while awaiting their eviction. Clean up has occurred but there still is a malingering smell… particularly with warmer weather…. Any suggestions?

    Jennifer Benjamin
    Infection Control Consulant
    Melbourne Pathology
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    #69766
    Michael Wishart
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    Hi Jennifer

    More as a householder with experience living in possum infested houses than in hospital facilities, I would say residual smell is most likely a deceased possum which remains in al cavity (wall/roof/floor, take your pick). We actually had an issue here at HSN during a building expansion program where a possum found its way into a ceiling cavity (small crawl space) and ended up dying in there. The flies came first (humidity breeds them quickly), then the smell, which grew as time progressed, then abated, but the flies persisted. Took lots of unpleasant crawling to find the offender, actually. Would suggest a pest control expert with experience in possum infestations to do a full check. Other than that, lots of ozone generating machine for a long time….

    Good luck.

    Cheers
    Michael

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    Im wondering if anyone has experience with clean up after possum infiltration?
    One of our smaller clinics had the pesky critters come visiting and they managed to make a rather gruesome mess while awaiting their eviction. Clean up has occurred but there still is a malingering smell… particularly with warmer weather…. Any suggestions?

    Jennifer Benjamin
    Infection Control Consulant
    Melbourne Pathology
    M: 0402000590
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    #69767
    Sue.Greig@SAFETYANDQUALITY.GOV.AU Subject: Re: Possums [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] In-Reply-To:
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    Hi Jennifer,
    There is a spray product you can get from pet stores or online that
    neutralises animal urine called urine free (see link below).

    Can’t say I have used it but it but saw it recently when at the pet food
    shop.

    http://www.urinefree.com.au/

    Regards,
    Sue

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    Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
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    Im wondering if anyone has experience with clean up after possum
    infiltration?
    One of our smaller clinics had the pesky critters come visiting and they
    managed to make a rather gruesome mess while awaiting their eviction.
    Clean up has occurred but there still is a malingering smell…
    particularly with warmer weather…. Any suggestions?

    Jennifer Benjamin
    Infection Control Consulant
    Melbourne Pathology
    M: 0402000590
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    #69768
    Don Bissell
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    Ozone above a concentration of 0.1ppm is highly dangerous to humans so one has to execute extreme caution
    Regards

    Don Bissell
    Managing Director
    BIOQUELL ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD

    207 Henderson Road,#01-05
    Singapore 159550

    Hi Jennifer

    More as a householder with experience living in possum infested houses than in hospital facilities, I would say residual smell is most likely a deceased possum which remains in al cavity (wall/roof/floor, take your pick). We actually had an issue here at HSN during a building expansion program where a possum found its way into a ceiling cavity (small crawl space) and ended up dying in there. The flies came first (humidity breeds them quickly), then the smell, which grew as time progressed, then abated, but the flies persisted. Took lots of unpleasant crawling to find the offender, actually. Would suggest a pest control expert with experience in possum infestations to do a full check. Other than that, lots of ozone generating machine for a long time….

    Good luck.

    Cheers
    Michael

    Michael Wishart
    CNC Infection Control
    Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
    627 Rode Road, Chermside, Qld 4032
    t: (07) 3326 3068 | f: (07) 3607 2226
    e: Michael.Wishart@hsn.org.au
    w:www.holyspiritnorthside.org.au
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    Im wondering if anyone has experience with clean up after possum infiltration?
    One of our smaller clinics had the pesky critters come visiting and they managed to make a rather gruesome mess while awaiting their eviction. Clean up has occurred but there still is a malingering smell… particularly with warmer weather…. Any suggestions?

    Jennifer Benjamin
    Infection Control Consulant
    Melbourne Pathology
    M: 0402000590
    Quality is in our DNA
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