Can an ultrasonic Cleaner impact health care?

Ultrasonic energy is a powerful tool in the field of health. Ultrasonic cleaners working in dental clinics, hospitals and in the manufacture of surgical instruments, implants, braces, among other areas, as a first step in the Elimination of pollutants that can distribute pathogens endangering the health of caregivers and patients alike and prostheses. Even at home, a compact ultrasonic cleaner you can use to clean personal such as scissors, trimmers, dentures, toothbrushes and other instruments-nail elements.

Ultrasonic cleaning process is simple, but the results are amazing. An ultrasonic cleaner is a tank filled with cleaning solution ultrasonic, whose composition is governed by what is being cleaned. Most solutions in wide use today offers in concentrated form and is biodegradable for safe disposal. In the simplest, as units of water containing a surfactant can be used to case, perhaps augmented by a detergent or enzyme.

Mounted on the outside bottom tank are transducers ultrasonic that transfer energy created by a ultrasound generator through the bottom of the tank and cleaning solution.

Objects to clean as-surgical or dental instruments are placed in baskets suspended in the solution. When enabled, ultrasonic cleaner energy creates billions of microscopic bubbles collapse strongly violent when they come into contact with elements be cleaned. The process is called cavitation. Quickly and effectively removes pollutants from all surfaces of the instruments even from small cracks and crevices that can not be reached by washing mechanics without damaging the instruments. Often carried out the cleaning process in less than 10 minutes. Of being cleaned ultrasonically rinsed instruments, then the following recommendations of who are disinfected and sterilized.

Ultrasound and sound

Cleaners ultrasonic units manufactured by Elma and available in Tovatech are designed to operate at ultrasonic frequencies that match the type of cleaning is doing. Cleaning of medical and surgical instrument, typically uses a frequency 37 kHz (37,000 cycles per second). The lower frequencies 25 kHz are used for parts of heavy cleaning, while higher frequencies as 130 kHz create soft cavitation less likely to affect highly polished and sensitive parts. While these frequencies are above the range of audience (by more than 20 kHz sound most people or 20,000 cycles per second) the action of cavitation on parts to be cleaned and on the walls of the tank can generate audible sound. If noise is annoying staff, can be mitigated with ear, protectors by placing a cover over the tank and sound insulation around the tank.

Sound practices

Manufacturers of medical equipment and ultrasonic cleaning facilities employers must be standard operating procedures that govern the maintenance cleaners and solutions.

In the case of the manufacture of surgical instruments, for example, solutions must change when they become visibly dirty or prolongs the cleaning process. Tanks should be drained and cleaned carefully on a regular basis to remove polluting waste that they can fall into the bottom and damage the tanks. Where cleaning cycles are continuing, bathroom filters can be employed to help extend the life of cleaning solution.

In hospitals and clinics using ultrasonic energy to clean medical instruments is a standard practice to change solutions daily to avoid passing contaminants biological new batches being cleaned. In these cases the filtration systems are not recommended to prolong the life of cleaning solutions.

Robert received his doctorate in chemistry in 1986 and continues to be a science geek. After graduating he worked as a chemist Bank for 12 years. Then combines his passion for science and business and took up positions in business management at Bel-Art and The Smiths Detection. Use the skills he learned in large enterprises co-founded, Tovatech, a distributor specialising in equipment cleaner ultrasonic.