JPH11366A - Excreta treating agent - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily solidify excreta, and incinerate and dispose of it by preparing an excreta treating agent from a material containing a powdery coating, a solidifying agent, a deodorant, an antibacterial agent and a powdery inhibitor. SOLUTION: A powdery material, desirably, wood flour which efficiently absorbs moisture of excreta and can reduce fluidity of the excreta and can be incinerated and disposed of, is used as a powdery coating. A material to promote solidification of the excreta by reacting with moisture in the excreta or absorbing the moisture, desirably, a water absorptive polymer composed of an acrylic acid type cross-linked polymer, a starch-polyacrylic acid type graft polymer, a polyethylene oxide denatured material or the like, is used as a solidifying agent. Glyoxal is used as a deodorant, and a benzalkonium chloride is used as an antibacterial agent, and a block copolymer of polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, an ethylene oxide and a propylene oxide is used as a powdery inhibitor.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a defecation treating agent for nursing used in a simple toilet bowl or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the past, in hospitals and homes, sick and elderly people who could excrete themselves but could not go to the toilet,
A simple toilet was placed on the side of a bed or the like and excreted there, and the excreted manure was taken to a toilet by a nurse, attendant, family, etc. (hereinafter referred to as a nurse). The excrement excreted by nurses is difficult to handle because of the bad smell, and the act of flushing them into the toilet is not a sanitary operation but a laborious one.

[0003] On the other hand, in the event that the water supply system becomes unusable in an emergency such as a disaster, it is necessary to pre-treat the manure in advance with chemicals containing components having effects such as water absorption, coagulation and sterilization. Has been proposed. For example, JP-A-60-185528 discloses a portable toilet in which an absorbent contained in the bag absorbs and solidifies moisture in manure when excreted in a bag attached to the toilet. 14
No. 3729 proposes waste toilets to which a disinfectant is attached. However, few attempts have been made to actively use the medicines used in these toilets in the field of nursing, and even if they are used, the nursing staff will not be able to work directly because of the deodorant properties. It was not enough.

[0004]

The present invention was investigated at a nursing care facility for nursing homes and nursing homes. When a nurse disposes of excrement of a sick person or the like, the odor immediately after defecation in the room is quickly deodorized, and It has been found that there is a need for a defecation treating agent that is preparative and easy to handle and that can pre-process feces so as to avoid the work of flushing to the toilet.

[0005] The object of the present invention is to respond to the voice of the nursing site, not only to quickly eliminate the odor after defecation in the room, but also to prevent the odor of manure to the extent that it is easy for nurses to handle. Another object of the present invention is to provide a defecation treatment agent, particularly a nursing defecation treatment agent, which is hygienic, easy to handle, and capable of pre-treating manure so as to be easily disposed of.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems,
The present inventors have conducted intensive studies and as a result, as an active ingredient, a defecation treating agent containing at least a coating agent, a solidifying agent, a deodorant, an antibacterial agent, and an antidust powder agent are practically particularly suitable for nursing defecation treatment. This led to the completion of the present invention.

That is, the present invention relates to a powdery coating material such as wood flour, a solidifying agent such as an absorbent polymer, a deodorant such as glyoxal, an antibacterial agent such as benzalkonium chloride, and polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol and ethylene oxide. The present invention relates to a defecation treating agent containing a dust inhibitor such as a block copolymer of propylene oxide and propylene oxide, and capable of being incinerated.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The powdery coating agent contained in the defecation treating agent of the present invention is a powdery one that can efficiently absorb the moisture of manure, reduce the fluidity of manure, and can be incinerated. Any material can be used, for example, wood flour, pulp sludge flour, pulp chip flour, regenerated cellulose flour, bark flour, cork flour, rice buckwheat flour, wheat buckwheat flour, corn core flour it can. Further, the term “powder” in the present invention also includes, for convenience, those that are scattered or sowed when scattered waste cotton or the like is scattered.

These coating agents may be used alone or as necessary.
Although more than one kind can be used, among these powdery coating agents, wood powder is particularly preferable in terms of good water absorption and cost. When using wood flour, the water content of the wood flour is desirably 10% or less in order to further increase water absorption. Also, if the particle size of the wood flour contains more than 0.80 mm, the water absorption deteriorates.
Those having a particle diameter of 0.80 mm or less are preferable, and the smaller the particle diameter, the larger the contact area between wood flour and water and the higher the absorbency. And the particle size of the wood flour is 0.1
When a lot of particles smaller than 5 mm are contained, the powder easily scatters and becomes difficult to handle. However, in the defecation treating agent of the present invention, since the powdery dust preventive agent is contained, scattering and rising are suppressed even if the particle size of the wood flour is small. .

As the solidifying agent contained in the defecation treating agent of the present invention, a solidifying agent which can be incinerated, reacts with water in manure or absorbs water, thereby promoting solidification of excreted manure. Any substance may be used, for example, a water-absorbing polymer, carboxymethyl cellulose, carboxyethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, acetate cellulose, nitrocellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, Polyvinyl methyl ether, polyethylene oxide, polyacrylic acid, styrene maleate copolymer, sodium alginate, propylene alginate, gelatin, casein, xanthan gum, carrageenan, gum arabic, guar gum,
Konjac mannan, agar, pectin, pullulan, galactooligosaccharide, chondroitin, hemicellulose, gellan gum can be mentioned.

One or more of these solidifying agents can be used as necessary.
Acrylic acid-based crosslinked polymer, starch-polyacrylic acid-based graft polymer, etc.
A water-absorbing polymer composed of a modified polyethylene oxide or the like is particularly preferred.

[0012] As the deodorant contained in the defecation treating agent of the present invention, any deodorant can be used as long as it can be incinerated and, as a result, can prevent odor. Those that chemically decompose and remove or physically adsorb or absorb and deodorize, for example, pyrocatechol, hydroxine, Pt-butylpyrocatechol, pyrogallol, nonanol, glutaraldehyde, glyoxal, Acetic acid, hydroxyacetic acid, glycolic acid, boric acid, adipic acid, pyrrolidone carboxylic acid, salicylic acid, L-ascorbic acid, erythorbic acid, 2-ketone glutaric acid, glyoxylic acid, tannic acid, gallic acid, gluconic acid, wood acetic acid, polylactone, Zinc undecylenate, cyclodextrin, carboxyphthalocyanine-based metal Body, hexyl mercaptan, leucoanthocyanidins, flavonoids, may be exemplified plant component extracting unit, citrus peels, and nitrohumic acid.

One or more of these deodorants may be used as necessary. Among these deodorants, glyoxal has a high deodorizing effect and is used in combination with benzalkonium chloride as an antibacterial agent. In this case, it is particularly preferable because it increases the antibacterial activity of benzalkonium chloride and its durability.

As the antibacterial agent contained in the defecation treating agent of the present invention, any antibacterial agent which can be incinerated and can kill microorganisms such as bacteria in manure or suppress the growth can be used. Can also be used, for example 2
-Phenoxyethanol, orthobenzyl parachlorophenol, benzalkonium chloride, benzoic acid and its salts, dehydroacetic acid and its salts, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, calcium propionate, ethyl paraoxybenzoate, ethyl paraoxybenzoate, propyl paraoxybenzoate, lauryltrimethylammonium 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxide, alkyltriaminoethylglycine, 5-nitro-2-furylacrylamide, polyhexamethylene biguanidine hydrochloride, 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol, chitosan And the like.

The use of these antibacterial agents is not limited to one type. For example, benzalkonium chloride and chitosan can be used in combination of two or more types as necessary. As described above, glyoxal is used as a deodorant. In this case, it is particularly preferable to use benzalkonium chloride as an antibacterial agent from the viewpoint of antibacterial activity and its sustainability. By using such an antibacterial agent, not only microbiological contamination due to manure can be prevented, but also an odorous gas generated by decomposition of manure of microorganisms can be prevented or suppressed.

As the powder dust inhibitor contained in the defecation treating agent of the present invention, any agent can be used as long as it can be incinerated and prevents the powdery coating agent such as wood powder from scattering and rising. However, for example, examples of the dust inhibitor include polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, and a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. These dust inhibitor may be used if necessary.
Species or two or more can be used. By including a dust-preventing agent in the defecation treatment agent, even if a powdery coating agent having excellent water absorption and a smaller particle size is used, scattering and rising can be prevented. For example, when the container storing the defecation treating agent of the present invention is opened and sprinkled on manure, scattering of a powdery coating material such as wood powder can be prevented.

The compounding ratio of the powdery coating agent, the solidifying agent, the deodorant, the antibacterial agent and the dust inhibitor in the defecation treating agent of the present invention depends on the water absorbing power, the solidifying power, the deodorizing effect, the antibacterial effect and the scattering. An appropriate ratio is determined from the viewpoint of the prevention effect. However, because each component is different and the effective amount is different,
Roughly, based on 100 parts by weight of the powdery coating agent, 10 to 80 parts by weight of a solidifying agent, 0.1 to 7.0 parts by weight of a deodorant,
It is preferable that the antibacterial agent is 0.5 to 10 parts by weight and the dust inhibitor is 1.0 to 10 parts by weight. The defecation treating agent of the present invention may contain other components such as a bulking agent, an excipient, a coloring agent, and a fragrance as needed.

[0018] The method for preparing a defecation treating agent according to the present invention comprises a powdery coating agent, a solidifying agent, a deodorant, an antibacterial agent and a dust inhibitor.
Further, if necessary, other components may be mixed with a mixer such as a Nauta mixer. If necessary, they can be ground or granulated and then mixed.
The defecation treating agent thus obtained is preferably in the form of powder or a mixture of powder and granules so that it can be easily mixed with feces.

The method of using the defecation treating agent according to the present invention may be such that when a severely ill patient or an elderly person excretes a simple toilet bowl or the like in which a vinyl bag or the like is set in advance, the feces are excreted. In the case of feces, a part of the feces may be sprayed on a vinyl bag set in a simple toilet or the like in advance, and the remaining part may be sprinkled on the feces after excretion. The amount used depends on the environment of use, such as temperature and humidity, but it can be used for a single adult piss 250-3.
30g-80g, 250g stool and 250 urine for 00g
If it is used in an amount of about 50 g to about 150 g, water absorption and solidification are quickly caused, and no odor is generated. Then, after the defecation process, it can be incinerated as it is as normal combustible waste.

As described above, the defecation treating agent of the present invention contains a coating agent and a solidifying agent, so that excrement can be quickly solidified. Further, since it contains a deodorant such as glyoxal having a high deodorizing effect, it can be excreted. Odor can be almost prevented, and since it contains an antibacterial agent such as benzalkonium chloride, microbiological contamination caused by manure can be prevented. The powder and the like do not soar, and the excreted manure is easier to handle for the nurse when performing disposal and the like than before. In addition, since it is possible to incinerate, after performing the defecation treatment, it can be incinerated as ordinary garbage, so that the work of nursing staff to discharge excrement to the toilet is not required.

The defecation treating agent of the present invention is stable not only for nursing but also for storage under ordinary conditions such as storage away from direct sunlight, and is stable for a long period of time. For storage purposes, the defecation treating agent of the present invention can also be used for treating vomits because of its excellent water-absorbing and solidifying properties and deodorant properties.

[0022]

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples. (1) Preparation of various defecation treatment agents Example 1 (Preparation of defecation treatment agent of the present invention) 70% of wood powder of 80% or more having a particle size of 0.8 mm or less, 8% of water, polyacrylic acid-based water-absorbing polymer ( 20g, 40g glyoxal aqueous solution 2.2g, benzalkonium chloride 2.5
g and 5 g of a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide were mixed by a mixer to prepare a defecation treating agent.

Comparative Example 1 (No deodorant used) [0023] Except that glyoxal was not used as a deodorant,
A defecation treating agent was prepared in exactly the same manner as in Example 1. Comparative Example 2 (No antibacterial agent used) A defecation treating agent was prepared in exactly the same manner as in Example 1 except that benzalkonium chloride was not used as an antibacterial agent. Comparative Example 3 (No dust inhibitor) A defecation treating agent was prepared in exactly the same manner as in Example 1 except that a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide was not used. Example 2 (Preparation of other defecation treating agents of the present invention) Except for using 2.5 g of amphoteric soap (glycine-type amphoteric surfactant) instead of 2.5 g of benzalkonium chloride, exactly the same as Example 1 A defecation treating agent was prepared by the method described above.

(2) Evaluation Example 1 was applied to manure excreted once in a vinyl bag by an adult male.
100 g of the defecation treating agents obtained in Comparative Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3, respectively, were sprayed, and the flour of the powder upon spraying was visually checked, and then the mouth of the vinyl bag was sealed. Then, in order to examine the deodorizing property, the mouth of the vinyl bag was opened two hours after spraying, and the presence or absence of generation of an odor was confirmed by smelling. 100 g of the mixture of each defecation treatment agent and manure 2 hours after the above spraying is put in a 1-liter polyethylene bottle with a lid, 75 g of tap water is put therein, mixed well, stirred for 5 minutes, and then left at 25 ° C. 24 hours later, the amount of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia generated in the polyethylene bottle was measured using a Kitagawa gas detector tube. Kitagawa gas detector tube 120U for hydrogen sulfide, Kitagawa gas detector tube 1 for ammonia
05SD was used.

One month after the spraying, the number of general viable bacteria and the number of coliform bacteria in the mixture of the defecation treating agent and the manure were measured. Further, 50 g of the mixture of each defecation treating agent and manure two hours after the above spraying was heated and incinerated at 500 ° C. for 5 hours in an electric furnace. The incineration residue was calculated from the weight before and after incineration. Table 1 shows the results.

[0026]

[Table 1]

As can be seen from Table 1, the defecation treating agent of the present invention showed good performance in soaking of powder, deodorizing property and antibacterial property, and the residue after incineration was small. In addition, when glyoxal as a deodorant and benzalkonium chloride as an antibacterial agent were used in combination, the antibacterial activity and sustainability were more excellent than when glyoxal and amphoteric soap were used in combination.

[0028]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION The nursing defecation treating agent of the present invention can rapidly solidify manure, substantially prevent the smell of manure, and prevent microbiological contamination caused by manure. In addition, since the wood flour and the like do not soar during use, the excreted manure is easier to handle for nurses when performing disposal and the like than before. In addition, since it is possible to incinerate, after performing the defecation treatment, it can be incinerated as ordinary garbage, so that the work of nursing staff to discharge excrement to the toilet is not required.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A defecation treating agent comprising a powdery coating agent, a solidifying agent, a deodorant, an antibacterial agent and a dust inhibitor, and capable of being incinerated. 2. The defecation treating agent according to claim 1, wherein the powdery coating agent is wood flour. 3. The defecation treating agent according to claim 1, wherein the solidifying agent is a water-absorbing polymer. 4. The defecation treating agent according to claim 1, wherein the deodorant is glyoxal. 5. The defecation treating agent according to claim 1, wherein the antibacterial agent is benzalkonium chloride. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the dust inhibitor comprises at least one of polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, and a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide. The defecation treating agent according to the above.