Sterilisation of even the most delicate reusable instruments.
Steam or Hydrogen Peroxide sterilisation can damage reusable instruments. Consequently some devices are not routinely sterilised. Ethlylene oxide makes true sterilisation available for all medical devices. Examples of devices where this might be relevant include:
- Optical / Electrical devices (eg cameras)
- Long, narrow lumen devices (eg endoscopes)
Our cycles are adapted for delicate instruments. They run at very low pressures (not exceeding 20 mbar), without high humidity, and at temperatures as low as 30°C.
To take advantage of the benefits of EtO sterilisation you do not have to have a capital budget necessary to install an EtO steriliser at your facility. You can use our contract sterilisation facility. This can be a long term solution or a precursor to bringing the process in house, since the cabinets we use for contract sterilisation are the same cabinets that we sell.
Speed, flexibility and small volumes:
The sterilisation cycles typically run at either 30°C or 50°C, allow you to receive back your goods as little as 5 days after despatching them to us. We can arrange the carriage if you wish and we do not require you to send your goods to us on a fixed schedule.
The sterilisation chambers that we use have a capacity of either 45 or 60-litres. You are not required to use all of this space and your goods will be never be sterilised in a chamber containing goods from another customer.
Proven effectiveness and detailed traceability:
The cycles we run will deliver a Sterility Assurance Level (SAL) in excess of 10-6. We have validated this level of effectiveness on many challenging devices, and EtO has a century’s history of proven performance.
Each routine cycle is run with chemical integrators and biological indicators (B atrophaeus). Release is with a certificate of conformity that confirms each cycle ran to the parameters required and resulted in negative BI’s.
We can affix a label for traceability on each pouch if that is required.
Each cycle records all the details necessary for full traceability, including the lot numbers of the consumables used in each cycle. Because of the small loads we run, larger items, such are GI endoscopes, these records can often be tracked to an individual item being sterilised.