How to use sterile cotton swabs reasonably, have the validity period after opening?
You can't be more familiar with cotton swabs. We can buy them in pharmacies. There are many functions of cotton swabs. Many friends have some at home. Have you ever thought about how long the cotton swabs will be valid after they are opened? Let's talk about it!
Cotton swabs can be divided into aseptic packaging and non aseptic packaging. Sterile Cotton Swab refers to the Cotton Swab that has been disinfected or chemically disinfected after packaging; non sterile cotton swab refers to the cotton swab that has not been disinfected and sent to medical institutions for disinfection and sterilization.
The non sterile cotton swabs purchased from pharmacies are not "
Medical Cotton Swabs", but "ordinary cotton swabs". They can be used to clean skin and ears, but not for wound treatment. Consumers buy non sterile swabs from pharmacies without disinfection equipment and hospital conditions. If it is directly used for wound treatment, wound infection is likely to occur and can not be cured, and the cotton swab is not disinfected after being opened. In the current hot and humid environment, it is easy to breed bacteria.
Sterile cotton swabs can be directly used for wound treatment after opening the bag, but it is difficult to use them all at one time after ordinary families buy medical cotton swabs. Therefore, the cotton swab should be placed in a cool and dry environment after opening, otherwise it is easy to get damp and moldy, and after opening the packaging, the sterile packaging cotton swab may also be infected by bacteria. Therefore, generally speaking, once the package of the sterile cotton swab is opened, the use time should not exceed 24 hours. If it exceeds 24 hours, the sterile cotton swab does not need to be discarded immediately. It can also be used for home care or ear removal, but it should not be used for wound treatment. So in order to avoid waste, Xiaobian recommends that you can buy sterile cotton swabs in small bags separately.
How should sterile cotton swabs and other products be used reasonably? Today, the culture medium manufacturer small end peak to you a brief introduction.
1. when using disposable sterile medical products, strictly follow the sterile operation procedures, open temporarily and use them immediately to avoid long time; avoid pollution. If disposable products are suspected to be polluted or have been polluted during operation, they should be replaced immediately.
2. when using disposable sterile medical supplies, if there is an outbreak of heat source reaction, infection or related medical event, it shall be stopped immediately, and the heat source or microorganism detection of the bank shall be preserved. The following contents shall be registered as required: occurrence time, type, clinical performance, outcome of patients, production unit, production date, batch number of disposable sterile medical supplies, etc., and report to the hospital Infection management department and purchasing department, assist hospital infection management department to do a good job of investigation and testing
3. disposable sterile medical products shall not be reused to prevent the non detection of disinfection, sterilization and safety problems, and bring life risks to patients after use.
4. disposable sterile equipment (including infusion (blood) device, syringe, disinfection cotton swab, etc.) shall be treated as medical waste after use, and immediately put into yellow garbage bag, needle and other sharp tools directly into the tool box.
5. before using disposable sterile medical products, clinical medical personnel should pay attention to whether the validity period and packaging are damaged, whether the products are clean, mildew and clear marks. If any suspicious products are found, they shall be stopped immediately and reported to the hospital infection management department and purchasing department in time.
