PAA - The innovative solution for advanced endoscope hygiene

Peracetic acid (PAA) as an active ingredient offers a number of advantageous characteristics for the reprocessing of instruments, e.g. the large spectrum of activity or the toxicological safety. However, looking at the pure substance PAA can also bring about negative consequences.

For a long time, it has for example been criticised as not being material-compatible, even leading to damage of the endoscopes. Furthermore, it has repeatedly been stipulated that PAA, as well as GA, does not have any cleaning effect, but rather fixes proteins to the surface while bleaching them.

The product characteristics of PAA-based disinfectants depend on a number of factors such as the pH value of the solution, the process temperature, the concentration of PAA or the hardness of the process water.

The answer to these allegations therefore lies in the product development – an essential difference to glutaraldehyde!

With EndoDet, EndoDis and EndoAct, Olympus has created a product system that efficiently manages the challenges of PAA based reprocessing. The Olympus PAA process – the ideally balanced formulation gives patient and user safety first priority.

 
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Patient Safety
The large spectrum of activity against bacteria, fungi, mycobacteria, viruses and even bacterial spores guarantees fast and efficient inactivation of all relevant germs. The reproducibility of the reprocessing results was assessed and confirmed in accordance with the latest EN ISO 15883-1 and -4 standard (9-log step reduction of the reprocessing cycle).

Material Preservation
With more than seven years of market experience and over 10 Mio endoscope reprocessing cycles, the Olympus PAA process has largely proven is optimal balanced formulation: comprehensive antimicrobial activity in combination with short reprocessing times are not achieved to the detriment of material compatibility.

Staff protection
The dedicated canister design for EndoDis provides tri-fold protection for staff:  
  • No irritation from odours thanks to integrated suction lance
  • No skin and respiratory contact trough self-locking canister
  • No faulty connection of canister due to lock-and-key system as well as colour coding