Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of a new super-oxidized water, Sterilox®, for the disinfection of endoscopes

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作者
Selkon, JB
Babb, JR
Morris, R
机构
[1] George Eliot Hosp NHS Trust, Dept Microbiol, Nuneaton CV10 7BL, England
[2] City Hosp NHS Trust, Hosp Infect Res Lab, Birmingham B18 7QH, W Midlands, England
关键词
Sterilox; endoscopes; high level disinfection;
D O I
10.1016/S0195-6701(99)90038-5
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
The antimicrobial activity of a new super-oxidized water, Sterilox(R), has been tested against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, Mycobacterium chelonae, Escherichia coli (including type O157), Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis var niger spores, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, poliovirus type 2 and human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1. Under clean conditions, freshly generated Sterilox was found to be highly active against all these micro-organisms giving a 5 log(10) (99.999%) or greater reduction in two minutes or less.
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