Tablets "Aquatables": instructions for use

In marching conditions, at the dacha, and simply when suspicion that not the cleanest water comes from the tap, tablets "Akvatabs" are recommended. Instructions for use for such a drug is mandatory, because it contains active chlorine. Different manufacturers recommend using the substance in different ways. In addition to active chlorine, the sodium salts of dichloroisocyanuric acid, the formulation contains auxiliary substances to increase water solubility: adipic acid, sodium salts , sulfates and bicarbonates.

Characteristics of the preparation

According to epidemiological indications for the purification of water, which contains bacteria or viruses, tablets "Akvatabs" are used. Instruction for use states that they disinfect the drinking water. This substance is bactericidal, fungicidal, virucidal.

They produce "Aquatables" in tablets of different weights, determined by the amount of active chlorine released, that is, the Na salt of dichloroisocyanuric acid: 3.5, 17, 500 mg, and 2 and 8 grams. In special plastic cans, the remedy is stored for three years, in blister - five years.

Externally, the tablets should be white, with cut ribs. It is important to correctly determine the dosage of the drug "Aquatables". The instructions for use give special tables of conformity and formulas for the comparison of solubility.

Methods of application

The technology of trial application of the agent is used to determine the correct dose for the output of the desired amount of residual chlorine. In three-liter containers pour water, which should be disinfected. Take the pill according to the degree of turbidity of water. In pure water, add 2 mg, if all three tanks are filled with turbid, filtered or colored water - 5 mg. Everywhere a remedy is added, the chlorine content of which is the same. After thoroughly mixing, 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 bank, respectively, the amount is either reduced or increased twofold.

How else can I use "Akvatabs" tablets? An introduction provides another way. The weight of chlorine injected can not exceed 10 mg per liter of cubic liquid. For non-centralized water supply (ponds, rivers, wells). 3 to 5 mg of the substance is added to the tap and well water 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 "Aquatables" tablets, water needs to be filtered out. Suitable household filters with activated carbon or other adsorbents. Also, water can be boiled to remove residual chlorine.

Safety precautions when using Aquatables

The instructions for use contain certain rules that must be observed.

• With increased sensitivity to products containing active chlorine, the use of "Aquatables" is prohibited.
• If the active substance in the solution is less than 0.1%, no protective equipment is required. When the content of Na DCCD is increased from 0.2% and higher, RU-60M respirators (protects the airways from aerosols, blocks smoke, fog, dust mixture); RPG-67 is gas-protective, from impurities contained in vapors and gases. Still need glasses to protect the eyes.
• The container containing the disinfecting solution must be sealed.
• Regardless of the concentration of the solution, hands must be protected with rubber gloves, be sure to follow the rules of hygiene.
• The liquid is disinfected with high doses of active chlorine, the shelf life is limited. When decontamination is carried out with the maximum possible dose (10 mg / l) or with Aquatables 17 mg, the use of water after a month (30 days) is prohibited.
• When processing storage tanks and feed water schemes, mechanical cleaning is carried out, the tanks must be washed.
• Tablets "Akvatabs" are stored in places where children, separate from other medicines, do not reach them.

First aid for poisoning

This drug contains a chemical that is a source of chlorine. Therefore, you need to properly use the tablets "Aquatables". Instructions for use contains tips on how to behave when poisoning.

• If liquid with solution has got on unprotected skin, it is necessary to wash the area with a copious stream of water and soap.
• If symptoms of air poisoning have appeared, a person is immediately suspended from work, taken out to fresh air, clothes must be removed. He needs to give a warm drink - tea or milk, make inhalations with a solution of 2% concentration of soda - a teaspoon of soda to a glass of water.
• If the solution with chlorine has got into the eyes, it is necessary to rinse with warm water, to drip drops of 30% sodium sulfacyl. Then you need to call a doctor.
• If the product has got into the gastrointestinal tract, three or four glasses of warm water are drunk, in which 10-20 tablets of activated carbon are dissolved. Do not induce vomiting.
• At the end of work, all unprotected areas are washed with soap.