Guest guest Posted January 25, 2007 Report Share Posted January 25, 2007 Hello I'm looking for a way for sterilization of my cups. Anybody has experience using glutaraldehyde 2% ? Is too difficult to manipulate? Thanks, Fernando Dougnac C. Medicina China Centro de Salud Budo F: (56 2) 3255401 Cel: (56 8) 2390199 _____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 I used to work with glutaraldehyde a lot when I was an oceanographer, and used it to kill and preserve plankton in seawater sampling. I don't think it is a great sterilant because it is a respiratory irritant, has a bad odor, immersion time has to be around 12 hours, has a short shelf life, and can be expensive.. Even though it isn't classified as a carcinogen like formaldehyde, yet, I think it is really nasty stuff. It should only be used in a fume hood, and you should never allow it to get on your skin, because once it binds to organic matter it pretty much does so for good. You will also have to deal with disposal of the used solution. Although dumping it down the drain is tempting (especially if you think the solution to pollution is dilution) it isn't being environmentally responsible. I say don't use it. Best, Sean _____ Chinese Medicine Chinese Medicine On Behalf Of Fernando Dougnac Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:28 AM Chinese Medicine Glutaraldehyde for cups... Hello I'm looking for a way for sterilization of my cups. Anybody has experience using glutaraldehyde 2% ? Is too difficult to manipulate? Thanks, Fernando Dougnac C. Medicina China Centro de Salud Budo F: (56 2) 3255401 Cel: (56 8) 2390199 _____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2007 Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 the way we do it at pacific is by washing it w/ soap and water, and then letting it soak in a solution thats 1:5 ratio of bleach:water for 20 minutes. Fernando Dougnac <fdo wrote: Hello I'm looking for a way for sterilization of my cups. Anybody has experience using glutaraldehyde 2% ? Is too difficult to manipulate? Thanks, Fernando Dougnac C. Medicina China Centro de Salud Budo F: (56 2) 3255401 Cel: (56 8) 2390199 _____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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