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What is glutaraldehyde disinfectant What does it do?
Glutaraldehyde is used as a cold sterilant to disinfect a variety of heat-sensitive instruments, such as endoscopes, dialysis equipment, and more. It is used as a high-level disinfectant for those surgical instruments that cannot be heat sterilized.
What is the brand name of glutaraldehyde?
Cidex
Glutaraldehyde, sold under the brandname Cidex and Glutaral among others, is a disinfectant, medication, preservative, and fixative.
What is used to disinfect medical instruments?
Ethylene oxide gas has been used since the 1950s for heat- and moisture-sensitive medical devices. Within the past 15 years, a number of new, low-temperature sterilization systems (e.g., hydrogen peroxide gas plasma, peracetic acid immersion, ozone) have been developed and are being used to sterilize medical devices.
What products contain glutaraldehyde?
Trade names of glutaraldehyde-based products include, but are not limited to, Cidex®, Sonacide®, Sporicidin®, Hospex®, and Omnicide® (NIOSH, 2001).
What is the product name of Cidex?
CIDEX® OPA Solution is a high-level disinfectant for reprocessing reusable heat-sensitive semi-critical medical devices such as endoscopic, respiratory therapy, and anesthesia equipment.
Which three of the following are common uses for glutaraldehyde?
Glutaraldehyde is a colorless glass-like crystal that is usually in a 2% to 50% water solution. It is used for cold sterilization of dental and medical equipment and as a preservative, biocide, hardener, and tanning agent.
Is Cidex a glutaraldehyde?
Product Overview. CIDEX™ Activated Glutaraldehyde Solution contains 2.45% glutaraldehyde and has been tested and cleared as a high-level disinfectant.
Is glutaraldehyde a high level disinfection?
All high-level disinfectants, including glutaraldehyde, OPA, peracetic acid, and hydrogen peroxide, are designed to kill microorganisms and have the potential to be irritants and possibly sensitizers. Glutaraldehyde has been the high-level disinfectant of choice for more than 30 years.
What is the recommended use of glutaraldehyde?
What is glutaraldehyde used for in medical equipment?
Uses. Glutaraldehyde is used most commonly as a high-level disinfectant for medical equipment such as endoscopes 69, 107, 504, spirometry tubing, dialyzers 616, transducers, anesthesia and respiratory therapy equipment 617, hemodialysis proportioning and dialysate delivery systems 249, 618, and reuse of laparoscopic disposable plastic trocars 619.
Is glutaraldehyde a high level disinfectant?
FDA has cleared a glutaraldehyde–phenol/phenate concentrate as a high-level disinfectant that contains 1.12% glutaraldehyde with 1.93% phenol/phenate at its use concentration. Other FDA cleared glutaraldehyde sterilants that contain 2.4%–3.4% glutaraldehyde are used undiluted 606. Uses.
How long does glutaraldehyde disinfection take?
The FDA-cleared labels for high-level disinfection with >2% glutaraldehyde at 25°C range from 20-90 minutes, depending upon the product based on three tier testing which includes AOAC sporicidal tests, simulated use testing with mycobacterial and in-use testing.
When are health care workers exposed to glutaraldehyde vapor?
Healthcare personnel can be exposed to elevated levels of glutaraldehyde vapor when equipment is processed in poorly ventilated rooms, when spills occur, when glutaraldehyde solutions are activated or changed, 634, or when open immersion baths are used.