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Re: SpeculumsFrom: Clifford J. Goodman, Jr., M.D. (momdoc@getnet.com)Tue Dec 17 12:49:34 1996
Judith Kurokawa wrote: > > Our sterilizer is breaking down. We are looking at ways to avoid having to > sterilize speculums. One place I worked simply cleaned the specs carefully > and dropped them into a bleach solution overnight, rinsed them in the > morning and used them. > > The other alternative is plastic specs. I hate them, but may have to go > that route. What do you do? Looking for some cost effective alternatives. > > Jude Kurokawa, CNM > Wolf Point, MT, the last best place > > A coyote midwife sits by the hole and waits... Running specs through a dishwasher with sufficiently hot water and a good detergent would fill the bill, too. When you think about it, your goal is not to make and keep the specs sterile, but to kill pathogens and to meet aesthetic considerations (as well as to satisfy the lawyers, OSHA, etc.) We have tried plastic spec: the staff loves them (less work), many patients hate them (they click loudly and pinch, in spite of great care, more often) and we don't like the expense (you have to buy them, then pay to dispose of them through your biohazardous trash system). The folks that sell surgical supplies love them, too. We do use them for a satellite clinic, for logistical reasons, but have never learned to love them.
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