https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/10490/meddis We use Meddis in our ultrasonic cleaner and were given some test strips for it a while ago. Does anyone else use these? If so can you tell me where you get them from and how much you pay for them? Ta en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/96747?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:22:53 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:99a15ecb-0a1b-4983-ae2e-37189faf62a5Rachel Jayne<p>No, didn&#39;t know such strips existed &#39;til I read this thread! <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/emotion-42.gif" alt="Confused" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/96745?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:19:06 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:10d0d5c4-c60d-4c49-b92a-e1d9a093a985Nick Shackleton <p>Like I said on the website they quote 14 days max and I was always told 7 days. Do you test it with the strips prior to use???</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/96744?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:12:43 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:f60f7fe1-6e4e-4d98-a097-c62d325885e9Rachel Jayne<p>[quote user=&quot;Nick BATFINK Shackleton Dip AVN(surgical)VN MBVNA&quot;]</p> <p>We used to keep MedDis for up to 7 days after making it up. When we used to clean our scopes it would take 15 litres of the stuff into the automatic cleaner. so pretty expensive to throw away&nbsp;every time. Some days we would use all 3 endoscopes, so kinda made it worth our while to reuse it.&nbsp;</p> <p>Just looked on their website and it says &nbsp;it can last for up to 14 days. We were told 7 days by VES</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>We used to use it as cold steriliser in a sealed box for a month at a time.... <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/emotion-42.gif" alt="Confused" /></p> <p>I&#39;m sure we would&#39;t&#39;ce just magic-ed up that time from somewhere, someone must&#39;ve told us we could do it or it was on the bottle....</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/96607?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:13:06 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:acec9a73-77be-469c-8160-71b452ff351aPhrin Vernon RVN<p>[quote user=&quot;Nick BATFINK Shackleton Dip AVN(surgical)VN MBVNA&quot;]</p> <p>MediChem!&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.medi-mark.co.uk/">http://www.medi-mark.co.uk/</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>D&#39;Oh!!!!</p> <p>I knew that too!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/96605?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:10:37 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:f91b45a6-636b-461d-b5d1-9b4cf4f88edbNick Shackleton <p>MediChem!&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.medi-mark.co.uk/">http://www.medi-mark.co.uk/</a></p> <p>We used to keep MedDis for up to 7 days after making it up. When we used to clean our scopes it would take 15 litres of the stuff into the automatic cleaner. so pretty expensive to throw away&nbsp;every time. Some days we would use all 3 endoscopes, so kinda made it worth our while to reuse it.&nbsp;</p> <p>Just looked on their website and it says &nbsp;it can last for up to 14 days. We were told 7 days by VES</p> <p>here&#39;s is the PDf for MedDis</p> <p><a href="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/5/2364.MEDDIS.pdf">www.vetnurse.co.uk/.../2364.MEDDIS.pdf</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/96602?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:05:41 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:d8391ecd-c94b-4ef0-ba8b-1bc4657b6ba8Phrin Vernon RVN<p>[quote user=&quot;Nick BATFINK Shackleton Dip AVN(surgical)VN MBVNA&quot;]</p> <p>You that medis is not really suitable as a cleaner its used as a cold&nbsp;sterilisation&nbsp;liquid.&nbsp;</p> <p>We used to use Medizyme in out ultrasonic cleaner.</p> <p>We used to use MedDis for sterilising our endoscopes, arthroscopes basically items unsuitable for autoclaving</p> <p>Test strips should be available from the manufacture or from your vet supplier ie NVS, Dunlops etc</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>What Nick said <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Tonque_out_smiley.png" alt="Stick out tongue" /></p> <p>We use medizyme for cleaning, and meddis for sterilising things like et tubes, endoscope etc.</p> <p>I&#39;ve heard you can get test strips to check the efficacy of the meddis against spores etc, but have never used them&nbsp; - I think your best bet is the manufacturer..... which I failed to find on a quick google <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Sad_smiley.png" alt="Sad" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/96566?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:19:23 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:a96ef6d8-800c-433e-a234-5de7c3372d12Nick Shackleton <p>You that medis is not really suitable as a cleaner its used as a cold&nbsp;sterilisation&nbsp;liquid.&nbsp;</p> <p>We used to use Medizyme in out ultrasonic cleaner.</p> <p>We used to use MedDis for sterilising our endoscopes, arthroscopes basically items unsuitable for autoclaving</p> <p>Test strips should be available from the manufacture or from your vet supplier ie NVS, Dunlops etc</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>