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| Goveia,Vania Regina; Pinto,Flavia Morais Gomes; Machoshvili,Irene Alexeevna; Penna,Thereza Christina Vessoni; Graziano,Kazuko Uchikawa. |
| It is estimated that electric drills (ED) have been used in orthopaedic surgeries for bone drilling for more than 50 years in Brazilian hospitals. It is an electric, thermosensitive equipment, not indicated for surgical use, which has not been previously evaluated regarding the sterilization efficacy, being suspect of infection risk. This study evaluated the efficacy of sterilization by ethylene oxide (EtO) of new drills that were intentionally contaminated with Bacillus atrophaeus spores. An experimental, laboratory, randomized applied research was developed, where 16 electric drills were analyzed, in addition to positive and negative controls. All the previously cleaned and sterilized equipment were submitted to contamination by spores. The experimental... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Sterilization; Orthopaedic surgery; Surgical wound infection; Orthopaedic equipment; Ethylene oxide. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822009000300016 |
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| Rodrigues,Edna; Levin,Anna S.; Sinto,Sumiko Ikura; Mendes,Caio Figueiredo; Barbosa,Benedito; Graziano,Kazuko Uchikawa. |
| The objective of this study was to verify the efficacy of cotton fabric, made of serge bonding 2 x 1, as microbial barrier, when new and after multiple laundering and steam sterilization procedures. The power of the microbial barrier was correlated with physical characteristics of the fabric, using standard test methods for evaluation of weight, traction, stretching tearing resistance and microbiological characteristics. The microbiological results evidenced that the microbial barrier was effective when the wrapping material was new or went through a maximum of new 65 reprocessing procedures. As for the alterations in the physical characteristics of the reprocessed material, the decrease in weight seemed to be the event responsible for microbial barrier... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Microbiological barrier; Cloth packing; Reprocessing; Reusable medical articles. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000200003 |
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