I am cleaning my garage for a sale and noticed mice droppings. I swept and lysol everything. However, I was wearing jeans, long shirt and gloves no Mask. I went to the store 2 hours later and bought a Mask. Will I be OK? I have about a week left to clean it is a mess and I plan to get rid of 3/4 of my stuff in Garage
joe_devola
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Well, unless you got a very expensive chemical mask, the mask will not protect you from the fumes. It will most likely be effective for protecting you from inhaling the rodent-related dust (which can be dangerous). I would suggest simply using lysol-like cleaner (that you add to water) to make a disinfecting solution (and NOT bleach) to clean. Then dry mop and let the garage air out well afterward.
Of course, setting traps and blocking entry points for the mice would be advisable to prevent future problems.
renpen
Depending on what part of the country (US) that you live in you are at some risk of hantavirus from rodent droppings. Read up on hantavirus.