Impact Factors on Sterilization Effect of Dental High-pressure Steam Sterilizer / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To study the influence to the sterilizing effect of these factors,which were preheating the sterilizer,the positions of the articles placed and the cleanness of the internal wall.METHODS A total of 120 clinical used dental handpieces,according to the high-pressure steam sterilizer disposal procedure,were divided into four groups,with 30 handpieces in each group.Those only with high-pressure steam sterilizer process were chosen as the control group.Preheating 30 minutes,wipping the internal wall with 0.5% chlorine disinfectant before using high-pressure steam sterilizer and acting both of two steps were all chosen as the experimental groups.Each group was put in the interior,middle and exterior of the high-pressure steam sterilizer separately.The Rapid Readout Biological Indicators(3M Attest,the USA) were used to test the sterilizing effect.RESULTS The different methods of the high-pressure steam sterilizer had the significant differences to the handpieces sterilizing effect(P0.05).CONCLUSIONS To achieve ideal sterilization,it is suggested to wipe the internal wall and the temperature control probe head with 0.5% chlorine disinfectant and preheat the sterilizer for 30 minutes before put handpieces in the high-pressure steam sterilizer.