Chobin N G
Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ.
J Healthc Mater Manage. 1994 Aug;12(8):29, 32-4.
To avoid the heavily increasing costs of ethylene oxide, and with the imminent demise of 88/12 EtO at the same time that heat-sensitive endoscope use was on the rise, Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, NJ was urgently interested in choosing among low-temperature sterilization alternatives currently available. They decided to compare the costs of 100% EtO with the 88/12 system and a new, low-temperature hydrogen peroxide gas plasma system (HPGP) called STERRAD. The HPGP system proved to be less expensive overall than either EtO system due to quicker total cycle times, lower utility use and virtually no regulatory compliance issues. The hospital was also satisfied that the system effectively sterilized the items on which it was used.
为避免环氧乙烷成本大幅增加，同时在对热敏感的内窥镜使用量不断上升之际，88/12环氧乙烷即将被淘汰，新泽西州利文斯顿的圣巴纳巴斯医疗中心迫切希望在现有的低温灭菌替代方案中做出选择。他们决定比较100%环氧乙烷、88/12系统以及一种名为STERRAD的新型低温过氧化氢气体等离子体系统（HPGP）的成本。由于总循环时间更短、公用事业消耗更低且几乎不存在法规合规问题，HPGP系统总体上被证明比任何一种环氧乙烷系统成本更低。该医院也对该系统能有效对其所使用的物品进行灭菌感到满意。
