Healthcare Purchasing News published information about the “Best Practices for Instrument Processing” in their August 2015 issue. This article reviews new products available to aid in monitoring the cleaning of surgical/medical instruments and includes the PINNACLE product line from Serim Research. This article can be found at: http://www.hpnonline.com/inside/2015-08/1508-CS-SterilityAssurance.html
When getting test strips out of a bottle the reagent pad may appear slightly purple instead of blue. This is ok, the color of the reagent pad out of the bottle does not impact the testing.