Q. Mechanical means of instrument cleaning?
Using mechanical means of instrument cleaning rather than hand scrubbing should minimize handling of instruments. If procedures are used whereby hand scrubbing is necessary, heavy-duty (utility) gloves, mask, eyewear and gown should always be worn while cleaning.
Minimize the risk of puncture injury by scrubbing only one instrument at a time while holding it low in the sink. Use of a system utilizing locked cassettes eliminates the need to sort, handle and hand scrub individual instruments
- reducing the risk of infection from contaminated instruments
- and results in saving of, on an average, five minutes during instrument reprocessing, as well as fewer damaged instruments, since the instruments are locked in position during reprocessing. As with any standardized procedure, a standardized instrument reprocessing protocol also results in easy staff training and cross-training.