The "Proper Sequence of Washer Treatments" for Surgical Instrument Washers includes a series of mechanical and chemical treatments. The mechanical treatments include: cold water pre-wash, ultrasonic cleaner solution, detergent wash, purified water rinses, and hot air drying. The Surgical Instrument Washer chemical treatments include combination of enzymatic enzyme cleaners, detergents, surface conditioners and lubricants.
Studies demonstrate that a Surgical Instrument Washer "Washer Decontaminator" "Washer Disinfector" that delivers the "Proper Sequence of Washer Treatments" including ultrasonic cleaner solution can deliver: the "complete removal of all pathogens" from surgical instruments and “surgical instruments sterile at the completion of the process". The "Proper Sequence of Washer Treatments" include a combination of mechanical and chemical treatments.
After being cleaned in a Tunnel Washer using the proper sequence of washer treatments including ultrasonic cleaner solution and a combination enzyme detergent cleaning concentrate: "evaluation of Washer Decontaminators Washer Disinfectors confirmed that the efficacy of disinfection was 100%". "All surgical instruments and utensils tested were sterile at the completion of the process."
“All instruments and utensils tested were sterile
at the completion of the process.”
("Surgical Instrument Washer" "Washer Decontaminator" "Washer Disinfector") using the "Proper Sequence of Washer Treatments"
