Ethylene Oxide

Re: Ethylene Oxide

Charlotte Fitzgerald — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:57:18 GMT

[quote user="chris beasley RVN MBVNA"]

This was used in the practice I qualified in over 20yrs ago. I thought it had been discontinued due to H+S!

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No using the currect system and educated operators it is not against H&S. Anderson do great training for everyone in the practice.

wobbliebob — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:09:25 GMT

we are the same have an andersons one with built in ventilation and have no probs

chris beasley — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:33:43 GMT

This was used in the practice I qualified in over 20yrs ago. I thought it had been discontinued due to H+S!

Charlotte Fitzgerald — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:55:32 GMT

Hi,

We use this in practice as we have so many items that can't be sterilised by steam.

As long as the gas ampules are stored correctly and you have a proper unit to put the items into and they are ventilated correctly then this is fine.

Our unit is from Andersons they are very helpful and do training so everyone is competent in using the machine and knows the health and safety rules.

Let me know if you have any more questions