Prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant CJD (vCJD) are becoming of increasing concern within the healthcare environment, as their causative agents can be resistant to the cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation methods currently used in many hospitals.
The Hamo 100 Prion Inactivation Detergent (PID) from STERIS is an award winning prion inactivation and removal detergent designed as a direct replacement for current cleaning chemistries in automated washer/disinfectors and manual cleaning systems. The approach has also been central to evaluation, research and testing of additional STERIS products including Prolystica Ultra Concentrate and 2X Alkaline cleaning chemistries and the Amsco V-PRO 1 Low Temperature Processing System. The Prolystica range and the vapourised hydrogen peroxide VHP technology used in the V-PRO instrument processor are said to provide flexible, environmentally-friendly solutions for reprocessing instruments intended for surgical use.
