Glutaraldehyde disinfectant soaking time

Disinfection with glutaraldehyde disinfectant normally requires about 30 minutes of immersion and sterilization takes about 10 hours. Glutaraldehyde is a highly effective disinfectant that can be used for the disinfection of medical instruments, hotels, hygiene products, etc. The disinfection effect can be achieved by completely immersing the instruments in glutaraldehyde disinfectant solution at room temperature for 30 minutes. When it is used for medical equipment disinfection, different instruments have different soaking times because different instruments have different disinfection effects. Endoscopes such as gastroscopes and colonoscopes should be soaked for 10 minutes; bronchoscopes should be soaked for 30 minutes; endoscopes used for tuberculosis or other infectious patients should be soaked for more than 45 minutes; and surgical medical devices should be soaked for 60 minutes. In addition, because glutaraldehyde has an irritating smell, it can cause harm to humans, so pay attention to indoor ventilation when using, good personal protection, and the last use to rinse thoroughly to avoid residual glutaraldehyde damage to humans.