Scientific Digital Imaging Plc Further guidance from DoH on contamination levels
11 July 2016 - 4:00PM
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Scientific Digital Imaging Plc
11 July 2016
SCIENTIFIC DIGITAL IMAGING PLC
("SDI" or the "Company")
Scientific Digital Imaging welcomes further guidance from the UK
Department of Health on decontamination of surgical instruments
Scientific Digital Imaging plc (AIM: SDI) the AIM quoted group
focused on scientific and technology products for use in
applications including life sciences, healthcare, astronomy,
consumer manufacturing and art conservation, welcomes the new
guidelines from the UK Department of Health (DOH), issued on 8 July
2016, that protein levels on a surgical instrument should be
measured directly on the surface rather than by swabbing or other
commonly used methods*. Detecting protein levels on surgical
instruments is an important means of minimising transmission risk
of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease (vCJD) in healthcare settings, and the DOH continue to
recommend that the upper limit of acceptable protein contamination
after processing to be 5ug BSA equivalent per instrument side, with
a lower level necessary for neurosurgical instruments.
It is a goal that all healthcare providers engaged in the
management and decontamination of surgical instruments used in
acute care will be expected to have implemented this guidance by 1
July 2018. However, providers whose instruments are likely to come
into contact with higher risk tissues, for example neurological
tissue, are expected to give this guidance higher priority and move
to in situ protein detection methodologies by 1 July 2017.
Ken Ford, Chairman of SDI commented:
"The Department of Health's new guidance confirms that protein
levels on a surgical instrument should be measured directly on the
surface rather than by swabbing or other commonly used methods.
ProReveal, our highly sensitive fluorescence-based patented protein
detection test, is the only marketed product of which we are aware
that can adhere to these stringent guidelines. It allows the
testing of the whole instrument for protein, rather than just a
small, swabbed area, and will be invaluable to the Sterile Services
Departments in hospitals throughout the UK and overseas."
ProReveal is a highly sensitive fluorescence-based patented
protein detection test for checking the presence of residual
protein on surgical instruments after going through a washer
disinfector process. This cost-effective test (conforms to BS EN
ISO 15883-1) delivers objective, visual and measurable results,
removing any doubt as to whether the washing decontamination
process has left instruments demonstrably clean. Using the powerful
diagnostic tools of ProReveal, users can track the performance of
their washer disinfector processes and to see whether there are any
changes in trends.
Taking less than 5 minutes to carry out, ProReveal generates
results as a visual display of the presence (or absence) of any
protein and these results can be documented and archived as proof
of process cleanliness. Promoting this alternative detection method
has required a re-education process in Sterile Services Departments
(SSDs) in hospitals, where the system is most applicable.
*
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/management-and-decontamination-of-surgical-instruments-used-in-acute-care
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For Further Information:
Scientific Digital Imaging
plc
Ken Ford, Chairman
Mike Creedon, Chief Executive 01223 727144
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About Scientific Digital Imaging plc
About Scientific Digital Imaging plc: Scientific Digital Imaging
plc ("SDI") designs and manufactures scientific and technology
products for use in applications including life sciences,
healthcare, astronomy, consumer manufacturing and art conservation.
SDI plans to continue to grow through its own technology
advancements as well as strategic, complementary acquisitions.
www.scientificdigitalimaging.com
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