CENTRAL SERVICES
our product literature, as well as published Major advancements have been made
on our website,” noted Dudley, adding regarding endoscope disinfection, with
that Getinge customers also receive free user safety and efficacy serving as the
training and inservice information on an driving factors in product development.
initial and recurring basis, as necessary, to ASP’s EVOTECH Endoscope Cleaner
ensure proper education during initial and Reprocessor system was designed
start-up, as well as during periods of staff to eliminate labor-intensive manual en-
turnaround. doscope cleaning (when selecting a
Of course, advancements have also been cycle that includes a wash stage) and the
made on the disinfection and sterilization variability inherent to it. [Note: The
side. Today, SPDs have an ability to steril- EVOTECH system does not eliminate bed-
ize at lower temperatures and with shorter side precleaning in procedure rooms,
Kimberly-Clark Pre-Cleaning
cycle times – both attributes that help turn and no manual cleaning is required
Detergent Spray, (24-
inventory faster and minimize damage to when selecting a cycle that has a wash oz.bottle) begins the process
instruments, which lowers operational and stage.]
of breaking down medical
replacement costs, stressed Peter Gordon, “The system uses a separate pump
soils and keeps devices moist.
vice president of marketing for Germgard for each endoscope channel, which
Kimberly-Clark Multi-Enzyme Detergent, (1-gal. pump
Lighting LLC. Gordon explained that allows for lumen blockage and leak
bottle and 5-gal. refill) penetrates and breaks down
Germgard’s room temperature process testing,” noted ASP’s director of contaminants including proteins, fats and carbohy-
and operational mode is different from clinical education Barbara Trattler, drate-based soils.
conventional low temperature gas or steam RN, MPA, CNOR, CNA. “Also, the sys- Moving forward, Getinge’s Dudley pre-
sterilizers. tem reduces worker exposure to chemicals dicts manufacturers will be developing
“We overcome the limits of fixed capac- and delivers CIDEX OPA Concentrate and even more adaptive disinfectant solutions
ity,” he said, noting that the Germgard ap- CIDEZYME GI for each cycle automati- that will be more adept at providing effec-
proach is scaleable and allows parallel pro- cally, ensuring that fresh solution is used tive performance quality – even in the face
cessing. Kits, of various sizes, of instruments every time for every scope.” of more resistant organisms.
can be prepared and filled with the propri- “Our biggest challenge is rapidly mutat-
etary gas sterilant and then set aside while Focus on the future ing organisms and the recertification pro-
the gas does its job. Kits of instruments can So what can SPDs expect from the disin- cess to ensure comprehensive kill claims,”
be filled in a minute or so, removed and set fectant and sterilization market moving he said. “I believe that the creation and
aside, with their loads then processed in forward? implementation of an ideal sterility assur-
parallel, thereby allowing large throughput According to one ASP expert, the biggest ance program with extremely conservative
from a small tabletop system, Gordon rea- improvements will likely come on the pro- assurance products, using the most inno-
soned. Also, the overall system is “environ- cess side. “Sterilants and disinfects on the vative technology, is the key to minimiz-
mentally-friendly, using less electricity, re- market today are already very effective,” ing the [overuse] of antibiotics during hos-
quiring no water and no wasteful sterile said ASP R&D manager Chris French, pital stays, especially now that healthcare
wrap.” And when users open the kit to re- PhD. “Advances in sterilization and dis- facilities are being held responsible for
move the instruments, it only contains air, infection will, therefore, most likely be in nosocomial infections.” Dudley sees in-
added Gordon. the area of process improvements. Repro- creased testing, claim certification and
Advanced Sterilization Products’ STER- cessing equipment will become easier to proper use, along with procedural compli-
RAD 100NX System, which provides low- use and more automated to ensure consis- ance, as an even greater necessity.
temperature hydrogen peroxide gas tency of reprocessing and to minimize op- In the future, SPDs may also see the de-
plasma sterilization, can safely reprocess erator training requirements.” velopment of more productive partnerships
heat-sensitive devices. “Key to the technol- French further forecasted that technology between key constituents – from instrument
ogy is the plasma phase, which is an ac- will likely be embedded to ensure flawless and reprocessing product and equipment
tive biological process that efficiently tracking of medical instruments, and data manufacturers to SPD staffers and infection
eliminates hydrogen peroxide residuals on may be logged and integrated with medi- control professionals – to promote seamless
instruments by breaking them down into cal user data management software. What’s integration of technologies.
water vapor and more, reprocessing “Our mission is to develop integrated so-
oxygen,” said chemistries will be lutions in partnership with our customers
Charles Roberts, entirely contained to and use innovative technologies that dra-
MS, director of minimize or elimi- matically reduce the human and financial
ASP’s research nate exposure, he costs of nosocomial infection,” said ASP’s
and develop- said, and advances Roberts. “Only then may seamless integra-
ment for bio- in microbial analysis tion of device and reprocessing technolo-
cides. “As a re- will allow for the au- gies occur to the benefit of all parties, and
sult, aeration tomatic identifica- as a result, raise the bar for the standard of
and external tion of pathogens of care and eliminate the tremendous impact
venting are not
Photo courtesy Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp.
concern from trace of errors and accidental misuse of sterilants
required.”
Damage caused by saline solution.
residues on devices. and disinfectants.” HPN
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