What is the surgical instrument cleaning process

What is the surgical instrument cleaning process? Take a look!

1, assess and check the integrity of surgical instruments to see if there is rust, oil, etc..

2, there are rusty surgical instruments after the flow of water rinse, with rust remover local rubbing rust removal, and then use the flow of water brushing, after the use of soft water, purified water final rinsing, and then put into the clean mesh basket sent to the drying cabinet drying.

3, there are traces of oil surgical instruments with alkaline detergent brush brushing, alkaline detergent concentration according to the manufacturer's instructions for use, alkaline detergent brushing, and then use flowing water brushing and rinsing, and then use soft water, purified water for the final rinse, and then loaded into a clean basket before drying.

4, instrument scrubbing must be operated under the water surface, to avoid aerosol generation and splashing water droplets, resulting in pollution of the surrounding environment.

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What are the methods of surgical instrument cleaning

Currently, the main cleaning methods of surgical instruments can be divided into manual cleaning, mechanical cleaning, such as ultrasonic cleaning, automatic machine cleaning, etc., according to the number of instruments before the operation, the characteristics of the degree of contamination, etc. to assess, choose the appropriate cleaning Before operation, according to the number of instruments, characteristics, degree of contamination, etc. to assess, select the appropriate cleaning methods and operating procedures. Instrument cleaning usually follows the procedure of cleaning and then disinfecting, and in special cases, the instruments should be disinfected first and then cleaned and then sterilized. After the use of instruments attached to blood, body fluids, fat and tissue debris, etc., should be cleaned in a timely manner to avoid the drying of these substances on the surface of the instrument, affecting the service life of the instrument, and at the same time, bring some difficulty to the cleaning of the instrument, thus affecting the sterilization effect. Here is a brief introduction to the two cleaning methods:

1, manual cleaning

Manual cleaning can be targeted to remove wet, dry blood stains and stains on the instrument, rust, scale, chemical residues, medical glue residues, etc., applicable to the cleaning of the instrument pre-treatment, precision instruments, such as cleaning, the structure of the complex instruments should be The complex structure of instruments should be disassembled and cleaned. The water temperature should be 15~30℃ during manual cleaning, and the cleaning tools and pool should be cleaned and sterilized every day. The hand-cleaned instruments must be rinsed, soaked, washed, rinsed, final rinsed, dried and other treatment processes before testing, maintenance and packaging.

2, mechanical cleaning

Mechanical cleaning using cleaning equipment to complete the cleaning and decontamination of the method, with automation, programming, standardization and cleaning efficiency and other advantages, is the preferred method of medical device cleaning, high degree of automation in the completion of the pre-cleaning, washing, rinsing, rinsing, disinfection, drying, etc. equipment, completely automated (fully automated). High degree of automation equipment in the completion of pre-cleaning, washing, rinsing, final rinsing, sterilization, drying and other processing, fully automated (automatic) one-button operation, the degree of automation of the lower (semi-automatic) equipment needs to join the manual auxiliary operation. Mechanical cleaning is suitable for the cleaning of instruments made of materials resistant to high temperature and humidity.