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Ultra-Clean™ Stethoscope Sterilizer
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Ultra-Clean™ Stethoscope Sterilizer
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Fast, easy and safe method for eliminating over 99.9% of bacteria and viruses on the surface of a stethoscope.

Single swipe takes less than 1 second

  • Eliminate stethoscope-related transmission of bacteria and viruses between patients.
  • Proprietary light seal contains flash during rapid swipe
  • No chemicals, no residue, Ultra-Cleaned with a single flash of light

FEATURES:

  • Wall mounted easy-swipe design ensures fast and convenient operation and user compliance.
  • Warms stethoscope diaphragm for comfortable patient contact.
  • Optional color-changing diaphragm confirms UV exposure (see movie top left)
  • May be used with a wide variety of stethoscope models
  • Novel light-tight seal eliminates user exposure to UV

Stethoscope Sterilizer

  • Stethoscope cleaning will become a standard of care (as an adjunct to hand-washing)
  • A growing number of journal studies recommend stethoscope cleaning with alcohol as an important preventative measure
  • Alcohol cleaning is time-consuming and impractical
  • Stethoscope cleaning is only occasionally performed by a minority of healthcare professionals
  • UV-Solution’s enabling technology creates the first practical method for instantly sterilizing stethoscopes

OPERATION:

  • Grasp stethoscope by tube stem and swipe stethoscope chest-piece downward through slot in a “credit-card” type swiping motion (takes less than a second).
  • The stethoscope is now 99.9% free of bacteria and virus.
  • Confirm UV sterilization by checking that bulls-eye and outer ring colors on stethoscope diaphragm match (UV color changing diaphragm is an optional accessory)

Review of literature

Common findings:

  • Stethoscopes are a reservoir of infectious agents and are potential vectors of infection including antibiotic-resistant strains
    Contaminated Stethoscopes Revisited, Archives of Internal Medicine, 1996

  • Disinfection of stethoscopes is an important step in preventing potential nosocomial infections (alcohol is most commonly recommended disinfectant – though seldom used)
    The Stethoscope: A Potential Source of Nosocomial Infection, Archives of Internal Medicine, 14 April 1997

  • Stethoscope cleaning is only occasionally performed by a minority of healthcare professionals
    Stethoscopes: A Potential Vector of Infection, Annals of Emergency medicine, Sept 1995

  • Hospitals need to develop more rigorous programs and protocols for stethoscope disinfection as a standard of care.
    Bacterial Contamination of Hospital Physicians’ Stethoscopes, Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology, 1999 vol 20

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