Guidance

Sodium hypochlorite: incident management and toxicology

Information on sodium hypochlorite, a common bleaching agent, for use in responding to chemical incidents.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 July 2014
• Last updated: 24 April 2025
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  1. 24 April 2025

     The information on health effects observed following ingestion of household and concentrated bleach under the 'How exposure to sodium hypochlorite can affect your health' section of the 'general information' has been updated

  2. 25 November 2024

     The content of the Incident Management document has been updated. The General Information and Toxicological Overview pages have undergone a HTML format update – the content within these pages has remained unchanged.

  3. 14 August 2019

     Updated incident management document.

  4. 18 October 2016

     Updated sodium hypochlorite: general information.

  5. 13 June 2016

     Updated 'Sodium hypochlorite: incident management'.

  6. 12 May 2015

     Updated 'Sodium hypochlorite: toxicology overview'.

  7. 1 July 2014

     First published.

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Sodium hypochlorite: general information

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Sodium hypochlorite: toxicological overview

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Sodium hypochlorite: incident management

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