I have a grandson age 11 who was born with brain damage and cannot control his bms. He does love being in the water though. With our little hot tub the draining etc. is a nuisance but doable. His mom is considering buying a home with an above ground pool 16 ft diameter and 4 ft deep. If he had a bm in it, would filtering and chemicals likely be able to get rid of any waste materials instead of needing to drain, clean and refill? Thanks for your input.
Disabled child pool use problem
- Thread starter blue8888
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- Jun 22, 2014
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- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
It sounds as though your pool might be about 6,ooo gallons is that correct? If so, then draining is indeed probably too much to ask on a recurring basis. Whenever someone has an "accident" in a pool, we generally consider performing a SLAM Process. Granted a lot depends on the amount of waste added to the water, and in larger pools that waste is broken-down quite quickly. But if the occurrence was caught quickly with minimal seepage into the water, I would think increasing the FC to the appropriate SLAM Process level for about 24-48 hours or so should be good. You would of course need to have the proper at-home test kit (TF-100 or Taylor K-2006C). Also refer to the [FC/CYA][/FC/CYA]. We have some TFP experts here who relish the opportunity to analyze different scenarios, so they may contribute more to this discussion as well. Thanks for suing the forum!
There are things they can do to cut down on the possibility of fecal accidents. One is to time swimming around the child's BMs, if they are predictable. For example if they usually have a BM 30 minutes after a meal, then wait until after that period of time to swim. Swim diapers can also contain a fecal accident. Solid matter will not leak out. If they are able to indicate that they have had a BM, just take them out and clean them up. Solid fecal matter would not require a massive clean up effort if one got loose in the pool. Diarhea or loose watery stools would require a SLAM Process dose of chlorine and an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test to make sure the pool is safe. If the child is sick and has diarhea they should not be swimming as person to person disease transmission is more likely.
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