The
cleaning of critical medical devices, such as endoscopes, is of great
importance both in terms of protecting the patient and for preventing the
transmission of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). For the cleaning of
endoscopes there are typically two different types of detergents which can be
used – enzymatic and non-enzymatic. Each type of detergent has advantages and
disadvantages, ranging from efficacies relating to the removal of contamination
to low-level allergenic risks to the people responsible for cleaning and
subsequent disinfection.
In
order to understand how detergents clean and the important differences between
enzymatic and non-enzymatic detergents, Tim Sandle has written an article for
the journal ‘Inside Hospitals’. A copy of the article can be read on-line on
the websites ‘Hospital Bulletin’ and ‘Inside Hospitals’.
These
can be accessed here:
The
reference is:
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