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Coated bedpans: their cleaning and disinfection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

A. B. M. G. Mostafa ,
K. F. Chackett  and
C. E. A. Deverill
A. B. M. G. Mostafa
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Nuclear Medicine, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH
K. F. Chackett
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Nuclear Medicine, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QH
C. E. A. Deverill
Affiliation:
Hospital Infection Research Laboratory, Summerfield Hospital, Birmingham B18 7QQ
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This paper reports on tests of cleaning and disinfection of stainless steel bedpans which have been coated with either a silicone grease or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The coatings were applied manually using an aerosol spray (silicone grease and PTFE), and by an industrial process (PTFE). Soils used comprised (i) British Standard Soil (B.S., 1966), (ii) human serum albumin labelled with technetium-99m (HSA-Tc), and (iii) a suspension of Streptococcus faecalis in broth. Tests of cleaning and disinfection were carried out in automatic washing and steam disinfector machines. Results show that aerosol spraying impairs the cleaning process but that bedpans coated by the industrial process with PTFE are superior to uncoated bedpans.

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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 77 , Issue 2 , October 1976 , pp. 199 - 204
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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