3M offers a variety of dependable high-performance sterilization products to help you establish, manage and maintain a consistent protocol for sterilization in your facility.
Proper sterilization is a critical practice for all types of health care facilities to help prevent post-operative infections and to minimize risk to your staff and patients. In addition to achieving adequate exposure at the proper temperature, variables of load density, pack configuration and air pockets affect sterilant penetration.
Sterilization products in a nutshell...
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Indicator tape - used on the outside of the pack - verifies pack has been processed (not an indicator of sterility)
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Chemical indicators - used inside the pack to verify sterilant penetration
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Chemical integrators - determine if all conditions for sterilization have been met. These are a higher order of chemical indicators and approximate a biological response under specific conditions
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Biological indicators - used for testing the load to see if all parameters have been met for killing microbial spores
Using the 3M™ Comply™ Chemical Integrators in every pack meets and exceeds sterilization guidelines as recommended by AAHA and is a key component in your sterilization process.
3M offers many sterilization products including indicator tape, indicators, integrators and Bowie-Dick type test packs.
