Cleaning Environmental Equipment for Testing Ammonia Levels
Q. I am doing environmental testing for ammonia levels and need to properly pre-clean all objects that will come into contact with our samples. We were thinking of using Liquinox. Is it ammonia free? Will it interfere with sample results?
Removing Silicone Grease from Syringes
A faster method to remove silicone grease from syringes is to use very hot water for cleaning and very hot water for rinsing. Along with a powerful, free-rinsing, high emulsifying detergent,
Medical Device Cleaning: Soft Acrylic Intraocular Lenses (IOLs)
Q: We are cleaning both hydrophilic and hydrophobic acrylic polymers. The cleaning process we use is mostly manual, involves no extended soaking, rather short contact with rubbing, and/or usage in an ultrasonic bath. Which of your products — Alconox, Tergazyme or Liquinox — would be most suitable for the cleaning of soft acrylic intraocular lenses (IOLs)?
Photovoltaic: Wet Hi Pot Test
Q. We manufacture solar modules for building components. During the manufacturing process we are required to perform a “Wet Hi Pot Test.” The modules are immersed in a solution and tested. The manufacturer of the test equipment said that some of his customers are using the Liquinox detergent in a 300 to 1 ratio for the solution. Would this give us the required: 0.03 N/m surface tension 35 ohms/m resistance? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Replacement Detergent for Pasteur-Sol Cleaner
The washer unit we are using at our hospital appears to have had it’s Pasteur-Sol detergent made no longer available. What does Alconox, Inc. recommend to replace it? We were using a powdered detergent.