STERILISATION &
DISINFECTION
DR.MRIDUL MEHROTRA
PROFESSOR & HEAD
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY &
MICROBIOLOGY SPIDMS Lko
NIVARAN PATHOLOGY &
DIAGNOSTIC CENTRE Lko
As media has made our population so
conscious that all us know about dangerous
infections prevailing in our society
Question arises in every lab staff that HOW
we must protect ourselves from INFECTIONS
WHICH INFECTIONS [NOSOCOMIAL ]
FEAR
LABORATORY STAFF AT RISK
An infectionis the
detrimental colonizationof a
host organism by a foreign species
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
Staphylococcus aureus : MRSA
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Streptococcus haemolyticus
E.coli,Klebsiella sp
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Clostridium tetani,Clostridium welchii
CONTROL OF INFECTIONS
STERILIZATION DISINFECTION
Physical Process Chemical process
Heat Filtration Radiation
Dry Moist
[Oxidation of living proteins ] [ Coagulation of proteins ]
Red Heat : Forceps,Needles ,Scalpels
Flamming : Mouth of culture tube,Glass slides,scalpels
Hot air oven:All glass wares,Throat swab stick,powder drugs
Radiation :Ultraviolet,Gamma radiation
Incineration :Soiled dressings,animal carcasses,pathologicals
Moist Heat
1.Boiling: [ Adequate 20min ] Obsolete
All Vegetative forms
Not spores & thermostable viruses HBV
Instruments gets blunt
2.STEAMING: [ AUTOCLAVE ] Best Method
[ W.H.O. 121
o
C X 8 lb X 20 min ]:All Vegetative , Spores,
Thermostable viruses
All Metallic & Thermostable surgical instruments
Patient linen ,Aprons,Gloves,Masks,HIV/HBV +
Moist Heat
3.Tyndallisation: Steaming at 100 deg C X 3days
All Vegetative forms [ 2Days ]
Spores [ 3
rd
Day ]
Egg & Serum media [Arnold steam steriliser ]
4.Pasteurisation :
[A] Holder Vat method:63 Deg C X 30 min
[B] Flash method: 72 Deg C X 20 sec THEN Rapid
cooling to 13 Deg C or Low
All Nonsporing pathogens viz Mtb,Brucella &
Salmonella Except : Coxiella
5. Inspissation :
[ Steaming at 80 Deg C ]
LJ Media , Loefflers serum slope
Instrument : Inspissator
Moist Heat
TEMPERATURE
Below 100 deg C
Pasteurisation
Inspissation
Vaccine bath
[ 60 deg C X 30 min]
TEMPERATURE at
100 deg C
Boiling
Tyndallisation
Temperature Above
100 deg C
Autoclave
FILTERATION
1.CANDLE JAR FILTERS :
Berkefeld,Porcelain
2.ASBESTOS FILTERS :Magnesium silicate
[SEITZ FILTER]
3.Sintered glass filters :Finely powdered glass
particles in different pore sizes
4.Membrane Filters : Made of cellulose esters
For water analysis
For sterility
For opthalmic soln
5.AIR FILTERS :HEPA[high efficiency particlular
air] Removing particles >0.3um
DISINFECTION
Agents Properties Dilution
1. Alcohol Denatures protein 70 %
2.Iodine compds Inactivates protein 2.0%
3.Chlorine compds Oxidation of Enzyme 5.0%
4.Silver Nitrate Denatures protein 1.0 %
5.Quarternary Amm Damages Cell membr1.0%
6.Glutaraldehyde Denatures Protein 2.0 %
7.Savlon[Chlorhexidine & Cetrimide ] 2.0 %
8.Dettol [Choloroxylenol ] 4.0
9.Betadine 2.0%
ETHYLENE OXIDE
Ethylene oxide boiling point = 10.7 deg C
Acts by alkylating ,amino,carboxyl &hydroxyl
groups in protein molecule ,also breaks DNA
RNA
Highly inflammable so mixed with CO2 to
eliminate explosive property
All disposable syringes
Heart lung machines & respirators
Bacillus globigi: Biological indicator for EO
sterilisers
1. Predex CD 90
Concentrate For All surgical instruments and
thermo sensitive equipment.Bactericide -
Fungicide -Tuberculocide -Virus inactivating
(HBV/HIV)
2. Predex AD 20 Ready-to-use Allsurgical
instruments + thermo sensitive materials +
Endoscopes.Contains 2.2% Glutaraldehyde.
Bactericide -Fungicide -Tuberculocide -Virus
inactivating (HBV/HIV).
3. Predex C 180:SAME + Neutral Hands& skin.
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE
DISINFECTANTS
A.STERILIUM :
PROPANOLOL MACETRONIUM ETHYL SULPHATE
MUST WEAR GLOVES
PUNCTURED [ 18 -82 % ] WHO
BENEATH GLOVES
HBV,HIV,HERPES,ROTAMRSA,MTB,MDR,
FUNGI [ DERMATOPHYTES ,CANDIDA ETC]
3 m.l. ON HANDS X 30 sec.
RESIDUAL EFFECT
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE
DISINFECTANTS
B.KORSOLEX
GLUTARALDEHYDE DIHYDROXY DIOXAHEXANE
+ POLYMETHYLUREA
FOR HEAT SENSITIVE INSTRUMENTS MADE
OF
RUBBER ,[ ENDOSCOPES ]GLASS PIPPETTES &
CERAMICS
GLUTARALDEHYDE[ANTI HIV] 2 % 1 % in 14
days
5 % X 1 HOUR [ LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS ]
10% X 15 MIN
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE
DISINFECTANTS
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
DHOOPSTICK TEST DR.S.PADMASHREE HOD AIIMS
CARBOLISATION OF ROOM : 10 % SODIUM
HYPOCHLORITE IN 750 ML WATER
FUMIGATION
CLEAN ROOM
FORMALIN: 500 m.l. 40 % FORMALDEHYDE +
1000 ML water for 1000 cubicfeet of space
PUT IN FUMIGATORS / PUT ON FLOOR X 10
HOURS
OPERATION THEATRES
LABS
A. BACILLOID SPRAY:
BENZAKONIUM CHLORIDE GLUTATALDEHYDE +
DIHYDROXY DIOXAHEXANE
ELECTRONIC ITEMS
KILLS ALL SILENT TRANSMITTERS
HIV,HBV,CANDIDA,MTB,TETANUS,PSEUDOMONAS
2 % WEEKLY
1 % ALTERNATE DAYS
COMMERCIALLY SPRAYS
AS DISINFECTANTS
USE DISPOSABLE ITEMS
Pair of gloves [ SEPARATE FOR
SEPARATE PATIENTS ]
Disposable needle
Disposable injection cartridge
Saliva suction tube
Disposable glass for rinsing of mouth
A sheet of paper that we put on the patient
•DON’T PUT LAB
WARES IN/ON YOUR
CLOSED SYSTEM
•ALWAYS ASK TO
WITHDRAW
INTRAVENOUS
BLOOD
CARE OF PLASTIC INSTRUMENTS
Plastic instruments are dipped in a special
chemical for thirty minutes . This chemical has
the antibacterial and the anti viral properties .
These instruments are then taken out and dried
and packed in the individual pouches.
Glass bead sterilizer:For
drills are mostly disposables
but there is a special
machine called the glass
bead sterilizer that is used for
some sort of drills.
OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Autoclave
Kavoclave
PROCEDURE ON HIV PATIENTS
Wearing Double gloves
Leukoplast on finger tips
Apron,masks
Operating Goggles
Dipping Instruments in 10 % sodium hypochlorite
then autoclaving GOVT NORMS
Vulnerable population : HIV + , Migrants from
Mumbai , Truck drivers& Nepalese servants
On HBV : Vaccination + BOOSTER 5 years
INSTUMENTS FOR
STERILIZATION
FUMIGATION
OF LABS
FLOOR WIPING WITH
DISINFECTANTS IN
CREASES
All
DISINFECTANTS
SPECIAL
PREACAUTION
for
HIV/HBV/HCV
VACCINATION
SEPARATE INSTRUMENTS &
GLOVES FOR SEPARATE
PATIENTS
DR.MRIDUL MEHROTRA
PROFESSOR & HEAD DEPARTMENT OF
MICROBIOLOGY SPIDMS Lko
NIVARAN PATHOLOGY & DIAGNOSTIC CENTRE
Lko