Establishing material compatibility

 To explore the impact of pH during cleaning, Christian Garbin, technical market manager for Belimed, describes the comparison between a neutralenzymatic and a mild alkalineenzymatic cleaner. As well as comparing the two cleaners, further explorations were carried out to establish whether there could be a visible or measurable difference between two cleaners of the same class, namely mild alkaline enzymatic cleaners.

Material compatibility is an important topic when it comes to instrument cleaning. Often CSSD personnel are facing the challenge to find the often-difficult balance between successful cleaning and compatibility of processes for valuable instruments, that will enable instruments to be utilised for their full recommended life. Replacing instruments which have been damaged due to harsh cleaning processes is an expensive upshot in a hospitals budget. 

To demonstrate the value-added benefit of excellent material compatibility in combination with efficacious cleaning outcomes via the new generation of cleaning and disinfecting chemicals from the Belimed Protect range of cleaning and disinfecting chemistries, Belimed has performed and documented an extended material compatibility test. The test was centred around the Belimed Protect Mild Alkaline Enzyme Cleaner as it’s the product with the broadest range of applications. This detergent was designed for use with automated washer disinfectors, manual cleaning and ultrasonic cleaning. Further, it is also suitable for robotic surgical instruments (da Vinci), anaesthesia equipment, sterilisation containers, flexible endoscopes and many others.