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This sticky dark orange-red liquid had the consistency of syrup; I've come across it in a number of hospitals but haven't found the source as of yet. Perhaps it is an industrial disinfectant, in concentrated form?
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How strangely appropriate.
A D Nilsen
Tue 05-04-2010
Did it have any distinetive odor to it Motts? Might be a clue.
Ferdy
Tue 05-04-2010
whatever it is, it's GROSS
eldokid@aol.com
Tue 05-04-2010
Theres been a major oil spill on the ward! Calling clean-up crew! :)
LucieLou
Tue 05-04-2010
Looks like a body was deagged out of the room.... I Like the boot prints.
Canada
Tue 05-04-2010
Maybe it is some sort of industrial strength Pine-Sol or something, although one would think it'd still have an odor. Perhaps it's a combination of water running down through the walls, collecting rust and other decomposing textile and building substances, varnish from doors, rotting ceiling panels and wiring, just a combination of stuff.

I am TOTALLY guessing here. It could be ectoplasm for all I know. XD
Rekrats
Tue 05-04-2010
gross
KahunaTony
Tue 05-04-2010
It looks like benadine!
Julia
Tue 05-04-2010
boatload of Iodine?
pin
Tue 05-04-2010
a zombie did that im convinced
nick
Tue 05-04-2010
Looks like it leaked down from the ceiling above, could be from leak in the tar-roof maybe? (Or perhaps something MORE sinister? Like the blood of 1000 zombies standing on the roof?!!!! Yes , Nick i think it could be!)
Dawn Michelle
Tue 05-04-2010
Looks like Betadine to me. The old scrub liquid.
Laureld
Tue 05-04-2010
Yeah - I agree with Laureld - looks like betadine.
Spad
Wed 05-05-2010
Yeah thats betadine. I remember when I had a tick removed from my foot . The nurse that pulled it off used betadine as a disenfectant. It has a very memerable odor about it . Did it smell like anything Motts?
Hawkeye
Wed 05-05-2010
How many shots were fired???
Tari
Wed 05-05-2010
I wouldn't think it would be Betadine. I think Motts would be able to find that source pretty quickly. I'd think it would be some type of rust in suspension. Possibly leaking stagnant rusty water in the pipes mixing with a tile or wallpaper adhesive?
Mark 5:9
Thu 05-06-2010
whats it taste like?
Nik
Sat 05-08-2010
It kind of looks like that disinfectant that they rub on whichever part of the body they're about to operate on.
Samantha
Sat 05-08-2010
It could also be from a broken pipe that has old water in it. Im not sure they would be able to leave behind and liquids with the current laws.
Misty Issel
Sat 05-08-2010
Chief Custodian: "Okay, who spilled the PineSol!?"
Kolfritz
Sun 05-09-2010
I wonder if it is eating away at that person's boots
Joe
Sun 05-09-2010
i say it's soap from a soap dispenser on the roof of course.
ginberry
Tue 05-11-2010
I'm going with the zombie juice theory. Zombies were feeding there.
autoguy
Wed 05-12-2010
Sorry! I couldn't find the bathroom.... and I JUST COULDN'T HOLD IT ANYMORE!=( I'm REALLY sorry. >< IT won't happen again.
Kayla Gail
Fri 05-14-2010
Looks like blood
ilovehorseyrides
Sat 05-15-2010
Happy trails...ergh.

Also I agree with ginberry. :)
Frida
Sun 05-23-2010
iodine or betadine.
robinr
Mon 06-07-2010
looks like the stuff they put on your skin before they operate on you, well they put it on here in england don't know about in the us.
bee
Mon 06-14-2010
Could it possibly be some kind of transmission fluid?
Chris Squiggs
Fri 07-02-2010
Okay can I just say eww? Where's the crew from Session 9 to clean it up when you need them?
fall coyote
Sun 07-11-2010
Wet clean up, aisle 4!
kellz
Thu 07-22-2010
I dare you to lick it.
Larry D
Fri 12-03-2010
Uh..I would HOPE it is disinfectant (though I couldn't imagine it still being there after all this time) or rusty water rather than the alternative...

Eeeeee...

I NEED BRAAAAAAAAAAAAINS...
MamaToFiveInPA
Mon 12-13-2010
for sure it is betadine used to scrub skin before surgery some procedures and we used it for wound cleaning at one time but have better stuff now
cat nurse
Fri 03-04-2011
blood bath in burbank
tommy b
Thu 03-24-2011
EPIC! I know a lot of people have probably said this but it looks like blood
Nurse Hatchet
Mon 06-06-2011
It's most likely a disinfectant similar to Amphyl - that's what I have always used in hospitals and labs for infectious cleanups. It has a distinct smell, almost like dank rotten wood.
Robodoc
Thu 10-20-2011
o.o kinda reminds me of fermenting blood but i think an industrial disinfectant makes more sense :P
emzroz
Sun 01-01-2012

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