The cleaning and disinfection by heat of bedpans in automatic and semi-automatic machines.
This work is concerned with the cleaning and disinfection by heat of stainless-steel and polypropylene bedpans, which had been soiled with either a biological contaminant, human serum albumin (HSA) labelled with technetium-99m 99m(Tc), or a bacteriological contaminant, streptococcus faecalis mixed with Tc-labelled HSA. Results of cleaning and disinfection achieved with a Test Machine and those achieved by procedures adopted in eight different wards of a general hospital are reported. Bedpan washers installed in wards were found to be less efficient than the Test Machine, at least partly because of inadequate maintenance. Stainless-steel and polypropylene bedpans gave essentially the same results.
D001331:Automation; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002452:Cell Count; D002470:Cell Survival; D004203:Disinfection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D011126:Polypropylenes; D012499:Sanitation / Q000592:standards; D012709:Serum Albumin; D013193:Stainless Steel; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods; D013667:Technetium
D011126:Polypropylenes; D012709:Serum Albumin; D013193:Stainless Steel; D013667:Technetium