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Chemical Indicators

Stericert EtO Control System Enables Use of Oxyfume 2000 in Existing Sterilizers

Stericert Co., a division of H & W Technology, LLC, announces that its Stericert EtO control system provides upgraded controls, shorter cycles, uses less EtO gas, and is compatible with Oxyfume 2000 EtO blend.Stericert’s EtO upgrade control system provides ...More
January 13, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
3M Sterilization Assurance Announces Addition to the Comply Line of Chemical Indicators

3M Sterilization Assurance announced today the availability in the United States of the 3M™ Comply™ 6600 Emulating Indicator for pack monitoring for sterilization departments. With the addition of its Class 6 steam emulating indicator, 3M adds to its expansive ...More
January 11, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Product Quality Assurance Testing: One Hospital's Experience

Testing of routinely sterilized products should be part of a healthcare facility’s quality control program, and ANSI/AAMI ST79:2006, Comprehensive Guide to Steam Sterilization and Sterility Assurance in Health Care Facilities, recommends that quality assurance testing ...More
November 30, 2009
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Class 6 vs. BIs: Can't We All Just Get Along?

Choosing the profession of sterile processing guarantees you never have to attend your child’s career day at school. My daughter asked if I could come to her school and discuss my job. After explaining to her that presenting the complex nature of sterile processing to ...More
August 26, 2009
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
AAMI Revises Steam Sterilization Standard

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) will soon release a major update of its popular steam sterilization standard, ST79, to incorporate new information on risk analysis, chemical indicators, and other topics.The AAMI Standards Board and the ...More
July 17, 2009
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Class 6 Emulating Indicators: One Hospital's Journey

Over the past 17 years of my career, I have never scrubbed in on a surgery case, never set up a sterile field, never prepped a surgical site and never opened a sterile package, being ever so diligent to maintain the contents’ integrity. But what I have done is ...More
April 29, 2009
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Protect Your Patients & Facility with Instrument Tracking

Can you ensure to all patients that every instrument used in their surgical procedure can be tracked back to the sterilizer and load in which it was processed? ANSI/AAMI-recommended practices and industry standards for sterilization support the notion that all items used in ...More
February 27, 2009
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
3M™ Attest™ Sterile U Online Provides Key Insights on Pack and Load Control Tools

ST. PAUL, Minn. — 3M Health Care announces the addition of a new Web site (www.3M.com/packandloadcontrol), to its suite of free, objective educational tools offered through 3M™ Attest™ Sterile U Online. Focused on the topic of steam sterilization ...More
July 31, 2008
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
STERIS Corporation Launches Next-Generation Sterility Assurance Technology in the U.S.

MENTOR, Ohio — STERIS Corporation, a leader in sterility assurance monitoring technologies, announces the launch of its first Class 6 products, the Verify® SixCess™ Steam Emulating Indicators and Test Packs, which are now available in the United ...More
May 8, 2008
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
CS Workers Find Recent Updates Helpful, Look Forward to January HICPAC Standards

In this new year, more central service (CS) community members will become familiar with two sterilization standards that were updated in late 2006, and will also find help from another update that is expected any time in January 2008. Perhaps most important is ST79, a ...More
December 20, 2007
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene