Surface Disinfection
The time it takes on the label to kill all the listed pathogens
What is the universal contact time?
This forms on instruments when they are not kept moist prior to cleaning
What is a Biofilm?
This is a table that lists pathogens from the easiest to the hardest to kill
What is Spauldings Hierarchy?
A patient should never do this while sitting in a dentist chair
What is close your mouth around the suction tubing?
This has a 2 minute contact time
What is CaviWipes 2.0?
This kills C Aris
What is CaviWipes HP, CaviWipes 2.0 and CaviWipes Bleach?
This covers instruments in a foam and ensures instruments stay moist prior to cleaning and disinfecting
What is Empower Foam
This is a global health threat
What is antibiotic resistance?
Over 50% of healthy adults have this organism living in or on their skin, hair, and nasal passages
What is Staphylococcus Aureus?
This product is equivalent to CaviWipes HP
What is Oxivir?
Name of the 3 newest CaviWipes on the market
What are CaviWipes 2.0, CaviWipes HP and CaviWipes Bleach?
These have Neutral PH
What are MetriZyme, Empower, Empower Foam and MetriSponge?
These are the smallest type of germ that is known and need to live inside cells in order to reproduce and spread infection
What are Viruses?
What is 840,000?
This is not required when using CaviWipes HP or CaviWipes Bleach
What is PPE
This has excellent materials compatibility on most surfaces
What is CaviWipes 2.0
This is used to preclean scopes and to protect very sensitive tips when being transported to the MDRD
What is MetriSponge?
this is a yeast type of fungus that causes severe illness and spreads in healthcare settings
What is Candida Auris?
These are infected with some type of respiratory virus 50% of the year
Who are Children under the age of 5?
This Wipe is excellent because it has low odour, no PPE is required and it kills CDiff in 3 minutes
What is CaviWipes Bleach?
This provides levels of efficacy so that when a new pathogen emerges, such as Covid, products that meet that standard are automatically considered efficacious against the new pathogen.
What is Health Canada's Broad Spectrum Virucidal programme?
This is used for high level disinfection or sterilization
What is MetriCide?
These cause great concern for Infection Control practioners
What are Multi Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs or CPOs)?
An average person has this many species of bacteria in their belly button
What is 67?
Contact Time
Efficacy Claims
Materials compatibility
Application
What do you consider when deciding on the proper wipe to use?