- Item number: 09913
- Manufacturer: AMPri
- Brand: Safeline
- Used for: Hand disinfection
- Material: Liquid
- Special properties: aldehyde-free, phenol-free and fragrance-free
- Complies with standards: EN 1500 and EN 12791
- Ready to use
09913, Hand disinfection liquid from Safeline
This liquid is easy to use: simply apply it to your hands and distribute it evenly. The hand disinfection liquid meets the requirements of the EN 1500 and EN 12791 standards for hygienic and surgical disinfectants for hands, making the product an ideal choice for hospital wards and operating theatres.Additional properties
General medical fields, hospitals, body-related services and industry: the product is suitable for a wide range of sectors and professions. It is also pleasant to use, because it is fragrance- and aldehyde-free and gentle on the nose. To disinfect your hands correctly, you should apply approximately three millilitres of disinfectant to your palm and then massage it into your hands for 30 seconds. Be sure to distribute the disinfectant evenly and also apply the disinfectant to your fingertips and the spaces between your fingers.
Disinfect your hands the right way! But how?
Thorough hand disinfection is intended to stop you from spreading infectious or pathogenic agents with your hands when you treat or care for patients. Two types of disinfection are vital here: before and after contact. The first type of disinfection is to protect patients; the second type helps prevent you from contracting a pathogen from the patients you treat.The 5 indications:
- Before contact with patients.
- Before sterile activities.
- After contact with potentially infectious material.
- After a patient treatment.
- After contact with the patient's environment.
How to disinfect your hands properly for surgery
Before operations or surgical procedures, the persons performing the operations and all persons working in the decontaminated area must undergo surgical hand disinfection with an alcohol-based disinfectant solution or special hand wash. They should operate the disinfectant dispenser with their elbow, then thoroughly distribute the disinfectant on their hands and forearms. Depending on the manufacturer's instructions, the exposure time is between three and five minutes.For proper surgical hand disinfection, follow the 'rule of 3'.
- First minute: Use the disinfectant to clean hands and forearms up to the elbow.
- In the second minute: Disinfect only the surface of the glove, meaning your fingers, palms and wrists.
- In the third minute: In the final phase, special focus is placed on disinfecting the tips of the fingers, nail folds and interdigital spaces.
By the way: The approach of scrubbing the skin with brushes, which used to be obligatory, is no longer recommended due to possible micro-injuries. However, you should keep your fingernails short and always disinfect them and your nail fold with a soft, clean nail brush before the first operation of the day.