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Recommendation of the Tristel Wipes System
Recommendation of the Tristel Wipes System.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2385G Tristel PLC 06 May 2014 \n \n\n \n \nTRISTEL plc\n(\"Tristel\", \"Group\" or the \"Company\")\n \nRecommendation of the Tristel Wipes System by the\nRussian Society of Ear, Nose and Throat (\"ENT, or Otorhinolaryngology\") Surgeons\n \nTristel plc (AIM: TSTL), the manufacturer of infection prevention, contamination control and hygiene products, has had its Wipes System recommended in an article published in the April 2014 issue of the peer-viewed Journal \"Russian Otorhinolaryngology\", titled 'Modern and Traditional Methods for High Level Disinfection of Endoscopes used in ENT practice'. E.V. Osipenko, I.V. Kastyro\". The Journal was published to coincide with the III St. Petersburg International Forum of Russian Otorhinolaryngologists, held in St. Petersburg at which Tristel was an exhibitor.\n \nThe use of endoscopes within ENT has become common practice and most procedures are performed in the out-patient area. Between 20 and 40 patients are typically examined each day in a busy ENT department. As a consequence there are high potential risks of the transfer of infection between patients and medical staff. Reference is made in the article to the clinical relevance of viruses, in particular that of HPV virus, and that high-level disinfection of these instruments with a very effective disinfection system is imperative.\n \nThe article examines the current practice for decontaminating the specialist endoscopes used in ENT. These diagnostic instruments are unique in their design because they are small, heat sensitive and have no internal lumen running through them. As a result, well established practices for the decontamination of larger and more complex endoscopes used in departments like gastroenterology (gastroscopes) and respiratory medicine (bronchoscopes) are often not applicable to the ENT setting.\n \nPrior to the publication of the article there were no guidelines in Russia for the decontamination of ENT endoscopes. Traditional methods of disinfection vary from soaking the instrument in an open tray to placing them in an automated endoscope washing machine, the former method being the most prevalent. The two traditional methods have considerable drawbacks: soaking is very basic and prone to user error, but is inexpensive;...