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• Disinfectants with alcohol tend to evaporate quickly making full contact time more difficult.• Alcohol interferes with cleaning by causing blood and proteins to adhere more tightly.• Long term use of disinfectants containing alcohol and/or solvents may cause tubing, vinyls and plastic housing to crack and discolor.The Spec Clean Concentrated Disinfectant protects valuable equipment and…

Prepare Spec Clean Concentrated Disinfectant according to package directions. Use prepared solution and follow the cleaning equipment manufacturer’s directions and a five minute contact time. Rinse disinfectant residue out of tubing after disinfection is completed.

This product contains synthetic phenolics which are naturally tan to brown. Spec Clean Concentrated Disinfectant will appear light golden brown to medium brown. Heat, light and air exposure will accelerate color change. Also check expiration date (stamped on every container). This product has a two year use life after date of manufacture.

This is not best practice. Gauze fibers may interact with disinfectant agents in the Spec Clean Concentrated Disinfectant solution and reduce efficacy. Reaching into an open container may introduce contamination. Gauze at the bottom may not be used in a timely fashion and become degraded.

Yes, phenolic disinfectants like the Spec Clean Concentrated Disinfectant have demonstrated persistence of antimicrobial action on surfaces well after the initial application.

Items that are used inside the mouth or other mucosal surfaces such as film holders, bite blocks and laryngeal airway devices are considered semi-critical. According to CDC guidelines such items preferably should be heat sterilized or at a minimum disinfected using high-level disinfectant processes (gluteraldehyde, peracetic acid, ethylene oxide gas, etc.). Spec Clean Concentrated Disinfectant…