Sterilization Solution Cidex OPA Cs/4

Join the hunt to bring down instrument reprocessing costs.

Nothing is better for expensive endoscopes and other medical devices than CIDEX OPA Solution (0.55% ortho-phthalaldehyde), the non-glutaraldehyde solution for disinfection of flexible endoscopes and other medical devices. In fact, CIDEX OPA Solution is one of the gentlest reprocessing options available, which means it can substantially reduce instrument damage and repair costs.

What’s more, CIDEX OPA Solution has been shown to be a better investment than glutaraldehyde or peracetic acid1,2 not only because of its speed and efficiency but also because of its environmental safety.

Combined, these factors explain why CIDEX OPA Solution makes both clinical and economic sense for facilities seeking a more cost-efficient option for instrument reprocessing.

Increase speed and efficiency

• Rapid 5-minute immersion time at a minimum of 25ºC in an automatic endoscope reprocessor*
• Efficient 12-minute soak time at room temperature (20ºC) for manual reprocessing
• Schedule more procedures with quick scope turnaround
• Improve staff productivity
• Effective against glutaraldehyde-resistant mycobacteria3
  * When used or reused in a legally marketed automatic endoscope reprocessor that can be set to a minimum of 25ºC according to the directions for use.

Improve flexibility

• Reprocesses more devices per gallon than glutaraldehyde

• No activation or mixing required

• For use in both automated and manual reprocessing

• 2-year shelf life and 75-day open-bottle shelf life

• Time and cost savings

By switching from glutaraldehyde to CIDEX OPA solution, a large New England hospital significantly reduced costs while improving safety. CIDEX OPA Solution data based on a 12-minute disinfection cycle.†

NOTE: Time and cost savings are for a 2-week time period, all costs estimated.

†Current disinfection cycle times for CIDEX OPA Solution is 5-minutes at a minimum of 25°C in an AER – 2.4 times faster.

A large eastern hospital cut over $123,000/year in instrument repair costs – a 77% cost reduction – by switching from peracetic acid to CIDEX OPA Solution4.

Enhanced safety

• Glutaraldehyde-free

• Virtually odorless due to low vapor pressure‡

• No special venting or air monitoring required
  ‡Most studies conducted have concluded that the vapor pressure of CIDEX OPA Solution is undetectable at room temperature.

Reduced instrument damage and repair

• Offers unsurpassed material compatibility

• Noncorrosive

• Gentler on flexible scopes than peracetic acid

* When used or reused in a legally marketed automatic endoscope reprocessor that can be set to a minimum of 25°C according to the directions for use.

1. Hession SM. Endoscope disinfection by ortho-phthalaldehyde in a clinical setting: an evaluation of processing time and costs compared with glutaraldehyde. Poster presented at Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates; May 18-23, 2001; Tampa, Fla.
2. CIDEX OPA Solution Case History Series No. 2 (2002); Sullivan & Associates.
3. Fraud S, Maillard JY. Russell AD. Comparison of the mycobactericidal activity of ortho-phthaldehyde, glutaraldehyde and other dialdehydes by a quantitative suspension test. J Hosp Infect. 2001;48(3):214-221.
4. CIDEX OPA Solution Case History Series No. 1 (2002); Sullivan & Associates

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