The cleaning and disinfection by heat of bedpans in automatic and semi-automatic machines

This work is concerned with the cleaning and disinfection by heat of stainless-steel and polypropylene bedpans, which had been soiled with either a biological contaminant, human serum albumin (HSA) labelled with technetium-99m 99m(Tc), or a bacteriological contaminant, streptococcus faecalis mixed w...

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Published in:The Journal of hygiene 1976-06, Vol.76 (3), p.341-348
Main Authors: Mostafa, A. B. M. G., Chackett, K. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automation
Bacteriological Techniques
Bedpans
Cell Count
Cell Survival
Cleaning
Cold water
Disinfection
Disinfection - instrumentation
Disinfection - methods
Enterococcus faecalis
Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Hospital units
Hot Temperature
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Machinery
Polypropylenes
Sanitation - standards
Serum Albumin
Soil biology
Soil pollution
Stainless Steel
Steam
Sterilization - methods
Technetium
Water supply
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Summary:This work is concerned with the cleaning and disinfection by heat of stainless-steel and polypropylene bedpans, which had been soiled with either a biological contaminant, human serum albumin (HSA) labelled with technetium-99m 99m(Tc), or a bacteriological contaminant, streptococcus faecalis mixed with Tc-labelled HSA. Results of cleaning and disinfection achieved with a Test Machine and those achieved by procedures adopted in eight different wards of a general hospital are reported. Bedpan washers installed in wards were found to be less efficient than the Test Machine, at least partly because of inadequate maintenance. Stainless-steel and polypropylene bedpans gave essentially the same results.
ISSN:0022-1724
2396-8184
DOI:10.1017/S0022172400055261