New from Ruhof the ENDO-BAG ®click here to go to the Ruhof page or advert below The Endo-Bag was born out of an idea supplied indirectly by Endoscopy nurses taking the Persil washing machine
tablet bags they used at home to work, to use as a washing bag for scope buttons and values in the Endoscope
washer disinfector. Unfortunately these bags lint, potentially blocking the washer disinfector and scope channels.
Face and eye protection products McKinnon Medical have been marketing face and eye protection products for over fourteen years, and over that time have increased the product range to ensure a product is available for every application.
A revolution in endoscope channel decontamination The cleaning of endoscope internal channels using traditional brushing is both time consuming and, due to the biomechanical action of the multi brushing technique, can often result in potentially contaminated particles remaining on channel walls.DispoClean; the unique, patented, single use cleaning process for endoscope channels surpasses traditional brushing techniques in optimising and guaranteeing endoscope pre-disinfection cleaning, achieving faster and more efficient cleaning each and every time.
Ecolab hospital teamscreatre powerful force against infection Ecolab have combined their expertise in both hospital cleaning and infection prevention and control, to create a stronger team prepared to meet the larger hospital hygiene challenge faced by Infection Prevention today. The hospital teams of Ecolab's Healthcare and Institutional divisions have joined forces to create a single hospital team. This will provide unrivalled expertise and the most comprehensive infection prevention and control product range in the UK.
ELGA Process Water complies with HTM2030 In April 2007, Southampton City Primary Care Trust took ownership of the RoyalSouthHantsHospital. As a result of this the endoscopy suite was required to be relocated into a new build on the SouthamptonGeneralHospital site. Part of the refurbishment and building work included three automated endoscope re-processors (AERs) from Lancer. Water used in AERs is required to comply with HTM 2030 and Model Engineering Specification C32.
Managing the sterile service supply chain
Effective management of the decontamination of surgical instruments and equipment without risk to patient safety is a necessity.
Scantrack’s industry leading software IMS4 is the only Instrument Management solution that is approved for the Connecting for Health programme and the only one in use in the National Decontamination Programme. IMS4 is also the only Instrument Management System with demonstrable implementations in managing the reprocessing of individually laser marked instruments.
Green for GO at Oldham Sceptical? Well, as Julie Striland, lead HSDU manager at North Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, explains: "Everyone thought 'no it can't do all that'." But 3M's Electronic Test System, or ETS, quickly won everyone over.
Selecta Spray Gun with attachment The Selecta Spray Gun can be used with either water or pressurized air this means the cleaning process is quick, efficient and inexpensive. The Selecta Spray Gun features a new type of internal flow control mechanism.
Autoclaves from LTE The LTE Touchclave Systems range of steam sterilizers have built in data archiving / acquisition systems and ancillary products that are reliable, easy to use and designed to meet the requirements of not only the laboratory market, but also Healthcare (HTM2010), Pharmaceutical (cGMP) and High Security (cat 4).
Endoscope decontamination A review of chemical decontamination solutions How can healthcare professionals make informed choices when information is not standardised and selection criteria are compromised?
Endoscope decontamination with washer-disinfectors at Derby As senior infection control lead at Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Janet Fletcher, explained to Inside Hospitals, March 2006 will see the first of 15 new endoscope washer-disinfectors installed in purpose-designed, designated areas in a phased operation at Derby’s new superhospital.
Decontamination training academy Getinge, a global leader in the supply of decontamination equipment and services, is opening its UK Regional Training Academy.
Established for over 30 years with eight facilities worldwide, the Getinge Academy delivers course to over 2,000 healthcare professionals year.
New standard in endoscope reprocessing
The introduction of the new Olympus ETD3 endoscope washer/disinfector places Olympus at the forefront of endoscope reprocessing technology as the only flexible endoscope manufacturer offering an automated endoscope reprocessing system. The ETD series has evolved over the last decade, culminating in a fully validated system, combining reprocessing machine and dedicated endoscopes.
New standard in endoscope reprocessing An important element in infection control regimes is the effective use of purified water in decontamination processes, especially in equipment disinfection and sterilization, where high purity water is used as a final rinsing agent.
Supercentre's first customer With the capacity to reprocess up to 10 per cent of England’s total NHS surgical instrument requirement, the impressive Assure sterile services facility is now fully operational having received its official accreditation of compliance to Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC.
High capacity central dosing unit solves manual handling problems An important element in infection control regimes is the effective use of purified water in decontamination processes, especially in equipment disinfection and sterilization, where high purity water is used as a final rinsing agent to remove residual traces of contamination.
New standard in endoscope reprocessing Tom Gordon, charge nurse at Ayr Hospital’s endoscopy department, is such a champion of the Sterilox Endoscopy system that the site is regularly visited by other potential users. Ayrshire and Arran’s other general hospital, Crosshouse, has recently installed further Sterilox units.
New standard in endoscope reprocessing Following the accreditation of its Assure Sterile Services reprocessing facility Vernon-Carus, is now servicing new customers in the North West.
“Since commissioning, the interest in the first operational supercentre in England has been phenomenal.
