PMID: 20128258Feb 5, 2010Paper

Quality control is indispensable for automated dilution systems with accelerated hydrogen peroxide

The Canadian Journal of Infection Control : the Official Journal of the Community & Hospital Infection Control Association-Canada = Revue Canadienne De Prévention Des Infections
Cindy O'NeillLisa Ballantyne

Abstract

Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is a large teaching hospital with over 1000 beds consisting of three acute care sites, one regional cancer center and two rehabilitation/complex chronic care facilities. The use of chemical dilution control systems to dilute concentrated accelerated hydrogen peroxide (AHP) disinfectant to an ideal strength for effective environmental decontamination is a growing trend in healthcare. These systems, compared to manual dilution methods, are economical, efficient and promote a safer workplace. However, quality control (QC) and preventative maintenance standards to ensure performance are lacking in the environmental and healthcare cleaning industries. The automated systems used to dilute concentrated AHP products for disinfection cleaning were assessed for reliability at HHS-Henderson acute care site. The control systems used on three clinical units to dilute concentrated AHP products, 7% Percept at 1:16 dilution (0.5%) and 3% PerDiem at 1:256 dilution (0.01%), were evaluated daily for reliability over 30 days. Virox AHP indicator test strips were used once a day to check use-dilution of Percept at 5000 parts per million (ppm) AHP and PerDiem at 100 ppm AHP.QC was repeated if the initial test was outsi...Continue Reading

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