Coated bedpans: their cleaning and disinfection
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Published:1976-10
Issue:2
Volume:77
Page:199-204
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ISSN:0022-1724
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Container-title:Journal of Hygiene
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J. Hyg.
Author:
Mostafa A. B. M. G.,Chackett K. F.,Deverill C. E. A.
Abstract
SummaryThis 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.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Immunology
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