How to Sanitize Your Home Birth Pool
- 1). Unplug the pool heater.
- 2). Remove anything floating in the water with a fish net.
- 3). Drain the water, using the pump and hose.
- 4). Dispose of the tub liner. Use a fresh tub liner for each birth and do not reuse.
- 5). Create a sudsy solution of water and surgical or medical soap. Wipe down the tub and the equipment, using a non-abrasive sponge. Rinse the tub and equipment.
- 6). Dilute bleach with nine times the amount of water. Spray the tub thoroughly with the bleach water. Soak all equipment used for an hour. Bleach will effectively kill microbes and bacteria. Rinse the bleach completely.
- 7). Dry the pool, using soft, newly laundered towels.
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