Do all brands of household bleach contain adequate amounts of sodium hypochlorite?
Yes, if the bleach is fresh and undiluted, and is contained in unopened containers that have not been exposed to heat or sunlight during storage. There is slight variation in the concentration of sodium hypochlorite in different brands of household bleach and within a single brand between individual bottles of household bleach, but this is not significant. Will undiluted bleach damage drug “works”? Undiluted bleach can damage “works”. Even so, it reduces the risk of HIV infection from re-using drug injection equipment. The advantages of disinfecting drug works far outweigh any damage bleach might cause, which should make this an easy choice. What are the “other chemicals” that could be used to clean needles? The use of diluted liquid household dishwashing detergent is advocated by some researchers based on some laboratory studies of its effectiveness in inactivating HIV. The dishwashing detergent is prepared by mixing one tablespoon of liquid dishwashing detergent in one cup of clean w
