Surface fixation of dried blood by glutaraldehyde and peracetic acid

被引:37
作者
Kampf, G
Bloss, R
Martiny, H
机构
[1] Bode Chem GmbH & Co, Sci Affairs, D-22525 Hamburg, Germany
[2] Ernst Moritz Arndt Univ Greifswald, Inst Hyg & Umweltmed, D-17489 Greifswald, Germany
[3] Bode Chem GmbH & Co, Dev, D-22525 Hamburg, Germany
[4] Free Univ Berlin, D-12203 Berlin, Germany
关键词
fixation; blood; aldehyde; peracetic acid; instrument disinfection;
D O I
10.1016/j.jhin.2004.02.004
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
The difficulties of successful prion inactivation by chemical agents has Led to changes in recommendations regarding the reprocessing of instruments including flexible endoscopes. One of the changes is the preference for peracetic acid instead of glutaraldehyde in order to avoid fixation of organic material, but the surface fixation by various active agents has not been fully investigated. We used a standardized amount of dried blood soil on metal carriers (on average 22 mg). One part of the carriers was exposed to different disinfectants (four based on peracetic acid, three based on glutaraldehyde, two based on quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC), one based on QAC and amines, one based on phenols and one cleaning agent) and air dried. The difference compared with the non-exposed soiled carrier was taken as the measure of blood removal by exposure to the disinfectants. In addition the other part of the carriers was exposed to a cleaning agent and air dried. The Cleaning agent itself was capable of removing more than 99% of the dried blood and served as a control for non-fixation. The rate of fixation of dried blood was calculated as the ratio of the weight of residual soil on 'soiled, disinfected and cleaned' carriers and on 'soiled and disinfected' carriers. All experiments were repeated eight times. Blood removal varied between 90.3% +/- 1.5% (phenol-based disinfectant) and <10% (glutaraldehyde-based preparations). Fixation of the remainder was between 76.9 +/- 8.4% and 102.5 +/- 1.1% with glutaraldehyde and between 19.2% +/- 3.3% and 78.1% +/- 2.4% with peracetic acid. No other preparations showed a potential for blood fixation (<1.3%). Our findings underline the potential for blood fixation, not only by glutaraldehyde, but also by peracetic acid, and support the evidence that effective cleaning should precede the chemical disinfection. (C) 2004 The Hospital Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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