Cleaners for Medical Device Classes
Q. What classes of medical devices are Alconox brand cleaners formulated to clean?
A. Alconox brand cleaners are formulated to clean Class I, II, and III medical devices. For further information please visit the Medical Device Cleaning section of the Alconox website.
According to www.fda.gov , the FDA classifies medical devices into three categories . . .
Maximum Wash Temperature for Liquinox
Q. What is the maximum wash temperature for Liquinox? At this maximum temperature is there an accelerated breakdown of detergent?
A. Liquinox is heat stable all the way to boiling at standard temperature and pressure conditions. From a practical standpoint, there are some detergency mechanisms that begin to break down mechanistically as you approach boiling. Emulsions begin to become less stable as you approach within a couple degrees of boiling. If emulsifying is not a critical cleaning mechanism, this may not be relevant to you.
Lowering the pH of Tergazyme
Q. Can you lower the pH of Tergazyme using Citric acid or vinegar?
A. Yes. To adjust the pH of a 1% Tergazyme solution from pH 9.5 to about pH 8.5 add 0.1 grams of 99% anhydrous citric acid for each 5 grams of Tergazyme.
Alconox Aqueous Cleaner
Aqueous means water. A water-based or aqueous cleaner is a cleaner that increases the ability of water to clean. An aqueous cleaner uses blends of detergent compounds with surface active agents together with other cleaning chemicals that use detergency to lift soil from a surface by displacing it with surface active materials that have a greater affinity for the surface than for the soil. Water, considered by many to be the “universal solvent,” is an important component of aqueous cleaners because it dissolves many types of soils. Water—municipal tap water, deionized or distilled water depending upon the cleaning application—also functions as a carrying medium for detergent compounds.
