Pump Cleaning and Process Challenge Devices

[dbechard]

I have two issues. 1. Has anyone found one disinfectant we can use on any pump, such as iv, pca, cadd, etc? 2. I know what AAMI standards say about Process Challenge Packs but I would like to know what others are doing. We are running a 4-minute pre-vac flash cycle with rigid containers designed for flash sterilization. I have been using CI PCD's on these loads. Am I operating in a paranoid overkill mode? I Also run BI PCD's on all my regular sterilizer cycles only because there is little cost difference between the BI and the CI PCD. What are you all doing? Thanks

[Uprooted Scrub]

Hi dbechard:

We use a product from Medline called Meritz Plus disinfectant (order # MDS 8840032) for pumps that we decontaminate. It comes ready mixed in a spray bottle and carries a TB kill time of 6 minutes. We've had no problems with it.

We are running the PCDs with a BI and a class 5 integrator with the first full load every morning. It is my understanding that a BI for each type of cycle run (i.e., gravity or pre-vac) must be run on each sterilizer. We also use the PCDs for challanging our implant loads.

HOpe this helps.

Blaine