Manage, monitor and optimise medical instrument cleaning

摘要

A new product that manages, monitors and optimises washing processes for medical instruments has been launched by Andel Plastics, based in Birmingham, UK and BIOtAK of Bristol, following six years of research design and investment in the product. The plastic WASHtAK features a unique tAK enzyme strip, which sits within the wash chamber and is analysed straight after the wash using a barcode scanner with USB output for storing data. The enzyme-coated strip provides a known starting load of enzyme, and the better the wash, the less enzyme will be present afterwards. As contamination from handling the test strip can alter results, a plastic hinged component houses the strip safely in the wash and dispenses the enzyme appropriately when required.