RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A new disinfectant
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 318
OP 320
DO 10.1136/jcp.19.4.318
VO 19
IS 4
A1 Philip W. Ross
YR 1966
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/19/4/318.abstract
AB Qualitative and quantitative tests have been carried out to assess the value of Cidex1, a glutaraldehyde solution, as a disinfectant. Most of the tests were qualitative and were carried out in conditions as closely resembling those found in hospital practice as possible. Recently used anaesthetic equipment, catheters, and a cystoscope, which had been artificially contaminated with suspensions of Staph. aureus, Ps. pyocyanea, and Esch. coli, were used in the tests. The results show Cidex to be a useful disinfectant with a valuable potential in disinfecting hospital articles which, due to their perishable nature or the fragility of component parts, cannot be treated by physical means.