Question
The instrument shown in the picture below are best sterilized by?
A. Boiling.
B. Autoclave.
C. Lysol solution 20%.
D. Cidex solution.
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Correct Answer » D
Explanation
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Ans:D. Cidex Solution.
The instrument shown in the picture above represents an endoscope.
Cidex is Activated Dialdehyde Solution (glutaraldehyde 2.4%).
Glutaraldehyde
- It is a high-level disinfectant most frequently used as a disinfectant for heat-sensitive equipment such as dialysis instruments, surgical instruments, suction bottles, bronchoscopes, endoscopes, ear, nose, and throat instruments,spirometry tubing, transducers, anesthesia and respiratory therapy equipment and reuse of laparoscopic disposable plastic trocars .
- Glutaraldehyde is noncorrosive to metal and does not damage lensed instruments, rubber or plastics.
- It is also used as a tissue fixative in histology and pathology laboratories and as a hardening agent in the development of x-rays.
- Glutaraldehyde products are available in a variety of concentrations (solutions range in concentration from 2.4 – 3.4%).
