Automated Infection Control Systems
Cut Your Repairs Down By 80%+
Some of the original products sold by Rutledge Medical leadership were for endoscopy infection control. Beginning in 1995 with Chris Lutz Medical which later became a part of the Medivators product line. Giving human hospital clinicians resources to limit damage, consistency in disinfections, lowering cross-contamination risks. Today there are a variety of chemistries that can be used to perform high-level disinfection in the veterinary healthcare space. Most of the units today offer heating of the chemical which can materially change the soak time needed for each instrument, thus increasing your patient throughput.
Systems are available from Steris, Medivators, ASP and Olympus. Each offering their own set of standards for reprocessing times and steps in process. Most units offer the ability to completely eliminate caregiver contact with chemicals and a few units even take it a step further by offering a leak tester for any make/model of scope inside the machine basin. That test performed before and after the reprocessing cycle. Today, with the combined increased chemical temperature, filtered sterile water and connections for each of the interior channels of your scopes, your biosecurity will be top notch near instantly.
Long Length Equine scopes fit in most reprocessing systems.
The Rutledge Medical team specializes in products from Medivators, to include the machines themselves, water filtration, scope tracking technologies and the hookups for the machine to your scopes. In addition, we offer pre-cleaning solutions which allows the machines to do most of the heavy lifting and you simply have to leak test before immersion. Your pre-cleaning process reduces from 10 minutes per scope to less than 1 minute. The consistency of exposure for the chemicals on your scopes eliminates any potential questions as to the sterility of the instruments being used. Each system is compatible with all brands of high-level disinfectant solutions, with the exception of the Steris System 1 which utilizes its own proprietary canisters and chemistry for each cycle. The remainder of systems utilize standard 28 day, reusable disinfectants and when the heat is applied to the chemical we can reduce the scope soak time to 5 minutes from the standard 20+ minute soak with manual reprocessing of veterinary endoscopes.
Each system has specific power, water and heat requirements as well as specifications to ensure a proper fit during installation. Full in-service is provided for all full system purchases. We have systems in-stock ready for delivery.
Currently Available Systems In-Stock
Medivators Optima
Cycle Your Endoscopes In Just 12 Minutes, INCLUDING The Disinfectant Soak Time. Barcode Scanner To Track Scopes, System Provides Print Out Of Each Scope Cleaning Variable. Tank Heater Warms Disinfectant To Over 90 Degrees, Intensifying The Active Chemical To Disinfect Faster. Customize Your Sequence For Each Step. Automatic Alcohol Purge. Connections for Most Endoscope Brands Available.
Medivators CER-1
Capable of Single Scope automated disinfection for any make/model of endoscope. Utilizes OPA and Hydrogen Peroxide chemistries on a standard 28 day cycle. Alcohol purge outlet available on all systems for that final disinfection step before the storage of your instruments.
Medivators Advantage+
A fully automated, computer-based asynchronous endoscope reprocessor that monitors each endoscope channel separately for blockage and proper flow ensuring complete high-level disinfection. A computerized detection system eliminates human error in the selection and connection of hook-ups.