Study on the effects of germicide solution soaking the operative washing brush

ABSTRACT

Taking the residuary on brushes without soaking germicide solution at 5 operative rooms at surgical department, Saint Paul Hospital, Ha Noi. The number of studied brushes was 216, of residuary was 348. Before soaking into germicide solution, 100% washing brushes of A operative room and general operative room all had pathogenic bacteria, among which aerobic bacterium accounted for high rate (35.5%). The antiseptic effect of permanganate 1‰ and chloramine 5% by the time 5, 10, 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes was similar. But at the time of 2 minutes the effect of permanganate 1‰ was better than chloramine 5%.