Infection prevention: maintaining standards

13. Aug 2019

Clare Clark, BSc (Hons) Microbiology, technical support manager at schülke UK, believes improved cleaning performance should not be achieved at the expense of material compatibility, or of increasing costs to the health service.

CSJ article

A study was set up at Basel University hospital to address the question of whether, under realistic clinical conditions, improvements in the efficiency of WDs is possible. Two alkaline based, silicate-free cleaning agents were tested for a month in the hospital’s CSSD. 

The two cleaners selected for testing were a new detergent - thermosept® x-tra (known in the study as tX) and an older, established product – MediClean forte (mC). This article examines the study objectives, design and results, as well as the practical implications of the findings.

Read the article here: Infection prevention: maintaining standards

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