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The effect of steam sterilisation at 134 °C on light intensity provided by fibrelight Macintosh laryngoscopes

✍ Scribed by Bucx; Veldman; Beenhakker; Koster

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 119 KB
Volume: 54
Category: Article
ISSN: 0003-2409
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00948.x

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✦ Synopsis

We studied the repeated effect of sterilisation on light intensity in laryngoscopes from Penlon, Riester, Heine (two different blades), Medicon and Upsher. Light intensity was measured by a light meter using two methods. Measurements were performed before the decontamination procedure was carried out and subsequently after each series of 25 procedures until a total of 200 cycles was reached. Using method 1 (and 2), the reduction in light intensity after 200 cycles was 100% (100%; no light emitted), 37% (13%), 75% (69%), 79% (60%), 37% (14%) and 63% (55%) for each blade, respectively.

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