Ortho Phthalaldehyde Disinfectant for endoscope reprocessing

1. Ready-to-use.

2. Irritant to the eyes and nasal passages

3. Excellent stability over a wide range of pH

4. Does not require exposure monitoring

5. Barely perceptible odor

6. Concentration strip is escorted

Hospital Reusable Medical Devices(RMDs) sterilization.

Guidance:

How to Use ortho phthalaldehyde disinfectant OPA to Disinfect Medical Equipment

The steps to use activated dialdehyde disinfectant solution as a high-level disinfectant in a medical setting are:

· Wear Your Personal Protective Equipment

· Clean the medical instruments prior to OPA

· Testing the OPA Solution

· Immerse the Instruments

. Rinse the instruments

· Drying the Instruments

OPA Solution does not require activation or mixing. Simply open the bottle and pour the solution directly into a tray or another suitable container.

· An unopened bottle has a long shelf life, allowing it to be stored in appropriate conditions for two years. An opened bottle must be used within 18 days.

· Only use OPA Solution in a validated reprocessing procedure in an automatic flexible endoscope reprocessor. Keep records of the dates your solutions are poured from the containers and calculate when the date the reuse life will end, which must be not more than 14 days. We recommend using a OPA log sheet to keep track of this.

Rinsing the Instruments

Following the disinfection, the instruments must be rinsed thoroughly.

· Flush any channels with a sterile water source.

· Rinse each medical device three times.

· Rinse for a minimum of one minute, using at least two gallons of clean water each time.

Disinfection Procedure

· The clean, mostly dry devices can now be immersed completely in the sterilization disinfecting solution.

· Fill any lumens.

· Fit the tray cover onto the tray.

· Soak for 12 minutes at room temperature (20º C) to achieve the high-level disinfectant standard.

Drying the Instruments

Each medical device and instrument must now be thoroughly dried. The disinfected medical equipment is now ready for use. If it is to be stored, be careful to store it while considering the risk of recontamination.