E/T Tubes

Re: E/T Tubes

Craig McDonald — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:34:39 GMT

I wrote up our cleaning protocol for cleaning ET tubes the other day. We soak them in dilute hibitane solution to start with and then flush them thoroughly with running water and the scrubbing brush. We then use the Milton tablets (1tablet to 5litres water) for 15minutes before rinsing them again and checking they aren't blocked at all then dry and put away. We were having a few animals coughing and since we have changed to this we haven't seen that at all now, although we were only cleaning in safe4 before and rinsing. We were worried that maybe there could be animals that are allergic to Milton as I know some people are (my brother being one) so we always make sure we rinse thoroughly. Hope that helps

Re: E/T Tubes

Ceri Boyd — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:03:22 GMT

We changed to Milton tablets a few weeks ago and no problems with it, I quite like them :)

Ceri x

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caz vn1 — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:54:56 GMT

Same as Jane above

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jane Lewis — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:39:01 GMT

We also use medistel changed weekly especially as it kills tb mycobacterium in 30mins. Rinse and remove debris first, soak for 30mins and rinse again :).

Re: E/T Tubes

Julie-Anne Wilson — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:29:31 GMT

Medistel, make it up and change it weekly assuming it doesn't get grotty, which it shouldn't 'cos the tubes get rinsed and brushed first.

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Lisa Goodship — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 21:40:24 GMT

Sterilizing tablets like Milton used for things like babies bottles - changed daily