Disinfecting after dissection

[JHRoss]

Greetings to everyone,

I would like you to suggest me which would be the best in regards to disinfecting the scalpels, the scissors and the forceps after some dissection,

Putting everything in a washing bowl filled with diluted GP detergent is definitely the best, but what if I just spray with virkon and the put in the washing machine,

Could the second be inadequate or dangerous? It was a chicken wings dissection

Regards

 

[Baldilocks]

I'd either put them in the dishwasher or wash them up in hot soapy water, same as I would my kitchen knives at home after preparing meat.

 

[Peter Sigsworth]

Greetings to everyone,

I would like you to suggest me which would be the best in regards to disinfecting the scalpels, the scissors and the forceps after some dissection,

Putting everything in a washing bowl filled with diluted GP detergent is definitely the best, but what if I just spray with virkon and the put in the washing machine,

Could the second be inadequate or dangerous? It was a chicken wings dissection

Regards

That should be fine - the dishwasher should sterilise them anyway especially if use dish washer detergent.
Think of it this way - dishwashers are used to clean dish-ware and cutlery if they came out contaminated with microbes then we would all be very ill by now.

 

[ClaireS]

I'd either put them in the dishwasher or wash them up in hot soapy water, same as I would my kitchen knives at home after preparing meat.

Me too....they are food grade so that's all we need to do

 

[ClaireS]

I wipe down the benches with dettol spray and kitchen roll as if I was at home too....

 

[dancingqueen]

Benches wiped down with virkon. If autoclave is out then i have sprayed with virkon, rinsed and sterilised otherwise (what tend's to happen more) is virkon and hot water with detergent. Cloth is bagged and binned afterwards. Some people have been to known to use cloths for mugs in prep room before, despite warned not to

absolutely no need to use Virkon. This should only be used for Microbiology,

 

[dancingqueen]

http://science.cleapss.org.uk/Resource/G268-Dissection-a-guide-to-safe-practice.pdf
clean surfaces as students have dissecting boards straight on benches and tend to splash blood around. I prefer not to use virkon on instruments but try to sterilise. Microbes potentially in the meat. This works for us and the teachers prefer knowing the guidelines are followed.

That guidance refers to the potential for large numbers of microbes that may be released if dissecting intestines.

 

[JHRoss]

I have some Dettol antiseptic for first aid, medical & personal hygiene uses, (4,8% w/v)

Is it the right one for the disinfection of the surfaces which used during the dissection?

 

[ClaireS]

We just use the spray bottles of dettol surface cleaner that you can buy for household use. It's cheap and effective.

 

[JHRoss]

We just use the spray bottles of dettol surface cleaner that you can buy for household use. It's cheap and effective.

How concentrated it is? Mine is 4,8% w/v I'll google to find the spray's percentage % w/v

 

[Snailo]

Literally, all you need is antibacterial spray as sold in the supermarket - the sort you'd use to clean your kitchen or bathroom. I treat dissection at school the same as dealing with raw meat at home. Its no more risky.

 

[dancingqueen]

Literally, all you need is antibacterial spray as sold in the supermarket - the sort you'd use to clean your kitchen or bathroom. I treat dissection at school the same as dealing with raw meat at home. Its no more risky.

100% agree with this x

 

[Wookiee417]

As killing it with fire is not an option, I would say Virkon is the best thing out there but at just over £100 for 5kg (or just under £40 for 500g), for dissections of uncontaminated food stuffs then I would say antibacterial kitchen cleaner is enough.

 

[Cricketfool]

Literally, all you need is antibacterial spray as sold in the supermarket - the sort you'd use to clean your kitchen or bathroom. I treat dissection at school the same as dealing with raw meat at home. Its no more risky.

Yep. What would you do in your kitchen at home after cutting up raw chicken? Pretty sure you wouldn't use Virkon.

 

[Wookiee417]

What would you do in your kitchen at home after cutting up raw chicken

Guessing cooking it isn't the answer you are wanting

 

[CrowyTech]

I would like you to suggest me which would be the best in regards to disinfecting the scalpels, the scissors and the forceps after some dissection,

Following guidance in GL185 you should be autoclaving them.

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[ClaireL]

Following guidance in GL185 you should be autoclaving them.

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Agh! hasn't been my practice so far.. consider myself told.
Guess that's a job for tomorrow..

 

[JHRoss]

Following guidance in GL185 you should be autoclaving them.

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Agh! hasn't been my practice so far.. consider myself told.
Guess that's a job for tomorrow..

Thank you both!

 

[CovTech]

Following guidance in GL185 you should be autoclaving them.

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If it's cleaned properly after previous use then I'd say the row above that (Previously new or very clean sharps) would apply and the advice you posted only applies if you don't know how clean it is or what it was used for

 

[JHRoss]

Well a query just popped up, when the dissection has finished and the equipment is full of blood and tissues can I put the blades of the scalpels in the autoclave unwashed?