(F) Cleaning Planes that Have Carried Suspected SARS Cases: If a passenger is suspected of having SARS, providing additional information for crews cleaning that airplane is necessary. OSHA advises following the recommendations published by the CDC for this situation, Guidance about SARS for Airline Cleaning Personnel. (1) Personal Protective Equipment: The CDC recommends that personnel who clean an airplane that a passenger suspected of having SARS has been on wear disposable gloves, but need not use gowns, masks, or respirators. (2) Hygiene and Housekeeping Practices: The managers of airline cleaning crews should be aware of the symptoms of SARS. Any employee who cleans a plane that transported a possible SARS patient should notify the company's occupational health unit if he or she develops SARS-type symptoms, within 10 days of cleaning that aircraft. The CDC believes that the main source of infectious particles will have been removed once an infected SARS patient leaves the aircraft, but it does not know whether transmission of SARS may occur through contact with residual infectious materials on surfaces. OSHA advises airline clean-up crews to follow the CDC's recommendations for hygiene practices. Clean-up crews should continue to practice frequent hand washing with soap and water. The CDC has made the following additional recommendations: (a) Do NOT use compressed air to clean the airplane. (This may serve to re-aerosolize infectious material.) (b) Remove or throw away gloves if they become soiled or damaged while cleaning. (c) Discard gloves after you have finished cleaning (i.e., do not wash or reuse gloves that were worn during cleaning). (d) If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand wash to clean hands. (e) Frequently-touched surfaces in the passenger cabin (e.g., arm-rests, seat-backs, tray tables, light and air controls, and adjacent walls and windows) and passenger bathrooms should be wiped down with an EPA-registered low- or intermediate-level chemical household germicide and allowed to air dry in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. The CDC advises that there are no disinfectant products currently registered by EPA for the newly identified viruses associated with SARS. The CDC recommends the use of EPA-registered chemical germicides that provide low- or intermediate-level disinfection during general use against SARS agents because these products are known to inactivate related viruses with physical and biochemical properties similar to the suspected SARS agents. (G) Information for Workers Involved in Air Medical Transport of SARS Patients: The CDC has published interim recommendations to protect employees who may be required to transport patients with SARS by air: Guidance on Air Medical Transport for SARS Patients. There are several concerns that should be considered, including limiting the number of persons preparing, transporting, and receiving potential SARS-infected patients to limit potential occupational exposure. (1) Personal Protective Equipment: The use of respiratory protection is recommended. OSHA requires that employers select and use respiratory protection in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134. In order for respirators to be effective in protecting employees, they must be properly fit-tested and employees must be appropriately trained. If workers providing care to a SARS patient have potential exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials, they must wear other protective clothing and use PPE in accordance with OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1030. Information on that standard is available on the Bloodborne Pathogens Technical Links page. (2) Hygiene Practices: Standard hygiene practices are encouraged, especially frequent hand washing with soap and water. See more from topic source: https://www.osha.gov/html/a-z-index.html