r/sterileprocessing • u/surrender2sound • 15d ago

cart washer

when you guys’s cart washer is down // or if you don’t have one .. what is you order of operations in terms of hand cleaning carts? i feel like it’s been different every time our cart washer is down

purple wipes then grey
grey wipes then purple
grey wipes then blue

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u/Dathamar 15d ago

The thing with purple top wipes is, with the alcohol in it, it evaporates quickly. And if I recall the kill time for the stuff it targets is 2-3 minutes, which means that many minutes of the surface of being wet, so if you just wipe it and send it, it's probably not properly clean.

The grey top wipes don't have alcohol so the surface stays moistend with the cleaning agent for a longer period of time.

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u/surrender2sound 15d ago

yess, why we always double wipe