Nail clippers used by patients with gray nails can be sterilized by boiling, soaking in glutaraldehyde solution and steam high-pressure treatment.
1. Boiling disinfection: fungus is a relatively common microorganisms, resistance to heat is relatively weak, in general, the temperature reaches 60 ℃ and lasts for more than 1 hour, the fungus can be inactivated, so through the way of boiling can play the purpose of disinfection.
2. Glutaraldehyde solution immersion: glutaraldehyde solution is the main component of glutaraldehyde, is a commonly used disinfectant, can effectively kill spores and mycelium, can be used for nail clippers disinfection.
3. Steam high-pressure disinfection: mainly using the characteristics of fungi sensitive to heat, the use of sustained high temperature disinfection, so as to achieve the purpose of killing fungal spores.
4. In the case of limited conditions, you can also use iodine preparation or formaldehyde solution for immersion disinfection treatment.