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Instrument Disinfectant

Instrument disinfectant is a concentrated solution for cleaning and disinfecting surgical instruments made of rubber, plastic, glass, metal, and porcelain. It includes instruments like scalpels, drills, curettes, forceps, scissors, speculum, mirrors, and tweezers.

What are the uses of instrument disinfectants?

Following are the uses of instrument disinfectant:

  • The disinfectant helps clean thermo-sensitive equipment like endoscopes, bronchoscopes, laparoscopes, catheters, etc.
  • It can be used for all surgical instruments like scalpels, drills, curettes, forceps, and scissors.
  • It can also be used for medical examination instruments like speculum, mirrors, and tweezers.

How do instrument disinfectants work?

When you immerse the instrument in an instrument disinfectant, it removes organic residues present on the equipment. Furthermore, if the equipment is sterilized, it prevents corrosion and discoloration of instruments.

Instrument disinfectants are safe and non-toxic, so they don’t pose any risk. Yet, one must use it according to instructions.