Alternative surgical hand scrubs?

RE: Alternative surgical hand scrubs?

lemonearth905 — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:30:03 GMT

Hi vicky, Ive got the phone number for the vet store if you want it? we buy al;l our consumables and instruments aswell as cleaning stuff with them and ive saved the practice loads of wonga = pay rise !!

RE: Alternative surgical hand scrubs?

Teri-Ann Baldwin — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:24:25 GMT

Thanks for all your replies! Seems sterillium is the way to go, think i'll see if I can get a rep in to go through it with the team so that I can convert the boss!

RE: Alternative surgical hand scrubs?

vanessa — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:41:59 GMT

We use sterillium gel - its great, the vets love it and current evidence recommends its use. They are using it in the veterinary unis now as well as human hospitals

RE: Alternative surgical hand scrubs?

Selena Carnell — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:20:49 GMT

sterilium too here, its quite strog smelling though lol

RE: Alternative surgical hand scrubs?

Vicki McDill — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 19:11:08 GMT

Definitely change from using iodine. WHO have done studies which have shown that levels of micro-organisms are actually higher post-surgery than before scrubbing which I found quite shocking. We recently swapped onto sterillium as well. Im definitely going to have a peek the vet store as we currently use ims. Vicki

RE: Alternative surgical hand scrubs?

lemonearth905 — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:29:00 GMT

We use sterillium med it has a 1 min 30 second contact time, saves the mess caused by iodine and hibiscrub and we buy it from The Vet Store at £4.72 per 500ml bottle!, ive saved loads of money and got my girls pay rises through changing from IMS to The vet Store - would highly recomend using them, their website is www.thevetstore.net for anyone who wants to know.

RE: Alternative surgical hand scrubs?

Nicola Smith — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:27:22 GMT

We use sterilium hand gel. Our vets like it though we did get visit from the company to show them how to use it properly. We also have baktolin their handwash which you can use pre sterilium if soiled hands. Our boss is happy with it cost wise as it saves on water when using scrubs. We bulk buy from nanufacturer but think other places stock it now too.