Hacksaw blades rusting in autoclave

RE: Hacksaw blades rusting in autoclave

Celine — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 10:00:48 GMT

You're a star cheers Sal

RE: Hacksaw blades rusting in autoclave

Sal the 1st — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 22:33:47 GMT

was easier to find in the vetisco catalogue

http://www.vetisco.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=bone%20saw&product_id=331

and hardback saw is this one

http://www.vetisco.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=hard%20back%20saw&page=4&product_id=329

RE: Hacksaw blades rusting in autoclave

Celine — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:18:04 GMT

Thanks guys, agree Sal it is sub-par but need to convince boss it's not just us "not cleaning it properly beforehand" etc so helps that others have the same problem.

Can anyone give me a link to the actual stainless item you use from Veterinary Instrumentation (who have a truly awful website obviously developed in 1998 with no pictures!) Thanks

RE: Hacksaw blades rusting in autoclave

Ben Ogden — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 08:10:35 GMT

[quote user="Sal the 1st"]

every single place I have worked this has been the case - if you steam sterilise then they rust. One place I worked we used to cold sterilise in marinol and it did prevent rusting, but if contact times were not observed ? sterile. Many places use the stainless blades from VI these days with their own blade holder or a hard back saw which is also stainless.

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We have tended to use the stainless from VI. At my last practice we had ethylene oxide for sterilising these and endoscopes etc.

RE: Hacksaw blades rusting in autoclave

Sal the 1st — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 19:24:15 GMT

RE: Hacksaw blades rusting in autoclave

PSA-David — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 16:45:02 GMT

would this not hamper the quality of sterilisation

RE: Hacksaw blades rusting in autoclave

helenm — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 14:17:58 GMT

We coat ours with corn oil before autoclaving this seems to help lengthen the life of them.