SYNERGY HEALTH has launched Azo Gel, an instrument pre-clean gel, featuring a patent pending formulation that improves cleaning of reusable instruments.
Using its expertise in management and decontamination of surgical instruments, Synergy Health has developed Azo Gel to assist healthcare professionals meet the best practice decontamination guidelines. Extensively tested and evidence based, Azo Gel is recommended for both surgical and dental instruments. It is designed to keep instruments moist post surgical procedure and prior to decontamination. The scientific evidence demonstrates its efficacy in aiding soil and debris removal from reusable instruments, while also protecting instruments and people handling them. Synergy sites involved in product trials have reported operational benefits in reprocessing surgical instruments, with significant reduction in re-washes and an increase in instruments processed per hour. Application of Azo Gel to surgical equipment post surgery is an important infection control intervention that can help to lower the risk of HCAI.