RECENT PRODUCT NEWS

The RUHOF AquaBrush is a rechargeable, completely submersible surgical instrument cleaning brush, which eliminates manual scrubbing for easier, more efficient instrument reprocessing the AquaBrush comes with both large and small brush heads to accommodate various instrument sizes.

Exhibiting at IDSc 2015, The Clinical Services Journal provides a regular focus on current issues and guidance on decontamination, aimed at driving improvement and best practice within the healthcare sector.

Offering microbiological expertise under contract, SWANN-MORTON MICROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY SERVICES provides a range of testing which includes, product bioburdens, product sterility, and endotoxins (including water and devices) along with ISO 11137 validation work. They also offer clean room monitoring including settle and contact plates, active air monitoring and particle monitoring. The laboratory complies with the latest ISO, HTM and CFPP standards.

STERIS Corporation is a provider of infection prevention, decontamination, gastrointestinal and surgical products and services.

MAHR SURGICAL offers a comprehensive range of surgical instrument DIN baskets, trays and accessories, providing a high degree of protection for storage, transportation and sterilising of costly surgical instruments

ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SYSTEMS, now part of ENVIROGEN WATER TECHNOLOGIES, offers design, manufacture, installation and service of reverse osmosis water purification systems for endoscopy and sterile service departments within the healthcare market.

Caterham Surgical will be showing the Elma Steam Cleaner for cleaning the most awkward surgical instruments, reducing the failed rate from the clean room.

MEDICAL INNOVATIONS GROUP manufactures and distributes SureStore, for endoscope storage and transportation. Produced at the company’s UK manufacturing facility, SureStore provides ‘patient ready’ packaged endoscopes in just five minutes directly from the AER.

At this year’s conference SURGICAL HOLDINGS will be focusing on protein removal and cleaning efficacy.

An integrated concept has been applied in endoscopy to improve centralised management control of equipment and data.

MEDSTOR has a comprehensive portfolio of clinical storage and logistics solutions that help the CSSD/TSSU and theatre tray storage areas to work as efficiently as possible.

AUDERE MEDICAL SERVICES offers a range of decontamination services, eliminating the need to call out individual manufacturers.

AMITY offers a wide range of alternative chemistries which are proven to increase productivity and reduce cost.

The Bowie & Dick Helix test by STERICLIN includes a metal test chamber that can be re-used up to 250 times, indicator strips for up to one year’s worth of tests and two plastic caps.

WARWICK SASCO has introduced the SMT5510 – a long-life, re-usable, polypropylene container which is ideal for assisting in the disinfection and sterilisation of rigid scopes, Da Vinci Scopes and long instruments. Product benefits include:

MIELE PROFESSIONAL manufactures a complete range of decontamination equipment including washer disinfectors, sterilisers and trolley washers

PFE MEDICAL’s Antigermix Range uses UV-C light to fully disinfect the entirety of a probe in a maximum of 200 seconds.

HYGIENA INTERNATIONAL is a microbiology and life science company that serves healthcare institutions, facilities management, industrial food processors, caterer and food service, sanitation suppliers, auditors / inspectors and life science researchers.

BAILEY INSTRUMENTS recognises that the sterile services and decontamination managers are increasingly important in the procurement process as the regulatory environment continues to be more challenging.

Following reprocessing, endoscopes need to be used within four hours unless stored under the right conditions.