Epa Carpet Cleaning Recommendations

Epa has listed a limited number of products approved for disinfection for use on soft and porous materials.

Epa carpet cleaning recommendations.

Soft and porous materials are generally not as easy to disinfect as hard and non porous surfaces. Are you cleaning or disinfecting a soft and porous material or items like carpet rugs or seating in areas. After cleaning disinfect with an appropriate epa registered disinfectant on list n. Use the appropriate cleaning or disinfectant product.

Industry recommended standards for carpet installation cri 104 for commercial carpet and cri 105 for residential carpet are available from the carpet and rug cri website. Once fiberglass duct liner is contaminated with mold cleaning is not sufficient to prevent re growth and there are no epa registered biocides for the treatment of porous duct materials. A number of carpet cleaning companies have been under the incorrect impression that epa issued official carpet cleaning recommendations in a 1989 letter from the then deputy director of epa s environmental criteria and assessment office in epa s office of research and development. Linking to a non federal website does not constitute an endorsement by cdc or any of its employees of the sponsors or the information and products presented on the website.

Carpet and upholstery cleaning wastewater disposal updated january 2004 epa 214 04. Patch in most cases you can handle the job yourself follow the mold cleanup tips and techniques however. Clean visibly dirty surfaces with soap and water prior to disinfection. Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the cdc website.

Soft and porous materials like carpet are generally not as easy to disinfect as hard and non porous surfaces. The full list of recommendations is also available as a pdf updated january 2020 inclusion in the recommendations is not an endorsement by epa of the standards ecolabels or of any of the products conformant to these standards ecolabels but rather a statement that the standard ecolabel meets epa s guidelines. The label will include safety information and application instructions. One consideration is the size of the mold problem.

Make sure that you select a carpet suitable for the routine cleaning and maintenance procedures in the area where it will be used. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc cannot attest to the accuracy of a non federal website. Always follow the directions on the label. Who should do the cleanup depends on a number of factors.

Use an epa approved disinfectant against covid 19 and read the label to make sure it meets your needs. If the moldy area is less than about 10 square feet less than roughly a 3 ft. This guideline replaces the earlier guideline epa 214 03 carpet and upholstery cleaning wastewater. Epa nadca and naima all recommend the replacement of wet or moldy fiber glass duct material.