Step 1Take one sachet to produce five litres of chlorine dioxide solution. Fold in half and squeeze one side of sachet to burst contents through centre seal. Contents will start to turn yellow. Allow 30 seconds mixing time.

Step 2Tear or cut the corner of sachet. Take care when opening the sachet not to spill the concentrated solution.

Step 3Pour contents into five litres of water. Note: The mixing of solution should be performed using cold or tepid water. Do not use hot water.

Step 4Add the prepared Fuse solution to the Stella System when prompted by Stella IQ and follow further instructions on screen.

Step 5Five minute disinfection cycle.

FuseTristel Fuse for Instruments is a high-level disinfecting and sporicidal solution for non-lumened and single-lumened endoscopes, manometry catheters and ultrasound probes.

Features

Applications

Fuse for Instruments

• Sporicidal solution for high-level disinfection of instruments• Single-use disinfection in Stella• Economic• Safe-to-use• Class IIa Medical Device

• Non-lumened and single-lumened endoscopes• Manometry catheters• Ultrasound probes• Other instruments suitable for disinfection within Stella

How to use

Tristel Fuse for Instruments iseffective against all types of microorganisms such as:

• Bacillus subtilis • Bacillus cereus• Mycobacterium avium• Adenovirus• Candida Albicans• Herpes simples type 1• Hepatitis C• HIV

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To complete the decontamination cycle, Tristel also offers Pre-Clean Solution. Pre-Clean Solution is recommended for the manual cleaning of medical devices prior to disinfection in Stella. When used prior to Fuse for Instruments, no intermediate rinse in between cleaning and disinfection is required.

Pre-Clean Solution is a concentrated cleaner, which consists of a unique combination of corrosion inhibitors and surfactants. These lift and remove proteinaceous and organic substances such as blood, saliva and mucous from the surface of medical devices and medical instruments such as endoscopes.

Test type Organism Contact time

EN13704 Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus 5 minutes

EN14347 Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus 5 minutes

EN14563 Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium terrae (TB) 5 minutes

EN14348 Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium terrae (TB) 5 minutes

EN14476 Poliovirus T1, Adenovirus T5, Polyomavirus SV40 (HPV),Vaccinia virus 5 minutes

EN14562 Candida albicans 5 minutes

EN13624 Candida albicans, Aspergillus niger 5 minutes

EN14561 Enterococcus hirae, Staphylococcus aureus,Pseudomonas aeruginosa 5 minutes

EN13727 Escherichia coli, Enterococcus hirae, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 5 minutes

Tristel Fuse for Instruments is sporicidal, mycobactericidal, virucidal, fungicidal and bactericidal with a contact time of only 5 minutes. It has been tested according to European Norms and in independent laboratories for efficacy against the following organisms:

Microbiocidal activity

FuseFuse for InstrumentsTristel Fuse for Instruments incorporates two separate components containing Base and Activatorsolutions. These generate Chlorine dioxide when mixed by bursting the inner seal of the sachet. Chlorine dioxide is well-referenced in national and international guidelines, publications and case studies.

Test data is available on request

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