[Use of corrosion inhibitors during the sterilization and disinfection of medical instruments]. / Primenenie ingibitorov korrozii pri sterilizatsii i dezinfektsii meditsinskikh instrumentov.

The search of corrosion inhibitors reducing the corrosive action of the sterilizing and disinfecting media has been performed in order to protect instruments made of metals against corrosion during these processes. The program of the investigations includes potentiodynamic and potentiostatic measurements and full-scale tests. The infection of the sodium benzoate or potassium gluconate into the disinfecting chloramine solution and sterilizing hydrogene peroxide solution has been shown to improve the resistance to the corrosion for medical instruments made of carbon steel.

[Upgrading the corrosion resistance of medical instruments made of chromium steel of the martensite class with electrochemical polishing]. / Povyshenie korrozionnoi stoikosti meditsinskikh instrumentov iz khromistykh stalei martensitnogo klassa pri élektrokhimicheskom polirovanii.

An electrolyte with surfactant admixtures has been specially designed for finish electrochemical polishing of medical instruments. It enables reducing in requirements for surface roughness and the size of labor-consuming operations when grinding and polishing.

[Use of corrosion inhibitors during the presterilization preparation of medical instruments]. / Primenenie ingibitorov korrozii pri predsterilizatsionnoi obrabotke meditsinskikh instrumentov.

Corrosion inhibitors that may be used for pre-sterilization treatment of medical instruments are described and investigated. The investigation included potentiostatic and gravimetric measurements along with the visual control. It was found that in order to reduce the corrosion activity of detergent solutions the use of bi-substituted sodium phosphate is advisable.