[Nhcoll-l] Decontamination liquids?

[Peter H Wimberger]

Hello All,
We have had a truly crappy couple of days at the Slater.  A major sewage line backed from the city and erupted into our basement  and flooded the storage area.  A decontamination outfit has been hired by the University and we are beginning to clean up  the area.  Luckily most specimens were above the flood but some specimens (all skel material) did end up in contact with the human waste and have to be decontaminated.  The solution that the company uses is Benefect Botanical Decon 30 Disinfectant.  Its active ingredient is Thymol (0.05%) but it doesn’t list what the other ingredients are.  We tested it on a skull and it doesn’t appear to remove ink numbers, although it definitely does remove dirt.
Does anyone have experience decontaminating skeletal material?  What did you use?  Another recommendation I’ve had is to use zephiran chloride.    Thoughts would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Peter
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