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Tristel’s proprietary ClO2 formulation has become the go-to high-level disinfectant for non-lumened heat sensitive medical devices. Chlorine dioxide is a biocide with the broadest efficacy against microbial organisms.
The presence of biofilms in the lumens of medical devices and in water pipelines can put patient lives at risk. Chlorine dioxide has been shown to be effective against biofilm and could potentially be used to manage and prevent biofilm formation in device lumens and pipelines.
This study confirms that Tristel chlorine dioxide wipes have equivalent efficacy to a world-leading peracetic acid high-level disinfectant and provide significant other advantages to a hospital.
This paper presents a review of evidence to determine if high-level disinfection with a chlorine dioxide wipe is a suitable method for non-lumened endoscopes.
Tristel RA (Rinse Assure) offers chemically-treaed water in conjuction with Reverse Osmosis (RO), utilising Tristel's proprietary chlorine dioxide chemistry. Tristel RA can be connected to an automated endoscope reprocessor to provide microorganism-free water.
The Tristel Trio Wipes System is a validated method suitable for the manual decontamination of the whole TOE probe, removing the necessity of differing decontamination systems for each different part of the device.
Streptococcus pyogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium responsible for over 700 million infections yearly both in children and in adults wordlwide. Streptococcus pyogenes causes group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections and is in the top ten list of pathogenic infections.
Medical devices such as endocavity ultrasound probes and endoscopes are used to examine areas of the body in which HPV may be present and can pose a risk of HPV contamination.