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From: (China)   Date: 4 December 2002, 02:38 [GMT]
Subject: Which solution could be used to deal with rust in instrument

Dear:

If instrument get rust, we just clean with soft cloth with lubricant, but if still can't remove the rust on the instrument, we have to dispose it.
I have been to european medical center and find them use a solution to spray on rust of instrument, and just a while, the rust start to disapear, and could be clean freely, I think it should be a kind of anti-rust solution, but I don't know which product could be used in medical instrument, which company and its website.

Thanks

Hardaway Liu
From:    Date: 4 December 2002, 21:24 [GMT]
Subject: Re: Which solution could be used to deal with rust in instrument

Dear Hardaway Liu,

One product which I have used with good results is called SurgiStain. The website for this product is:
http://www.ruhof.com/web/prod_surgistain.asp

It should be noted that this works best with high quality steel does not work well for chrome plated instruments.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Pete Bobb
From: (Germany)   Date: 6 December 2002, 10:50 [GMT]
Subject: Re: Which solution could be used to deal with rust in instrument

Hello!

Have a look at http://www.a-k-i.org.

There are a lot of useful information regarding surgical instruments and free downloads of publications are available as well.

Kind regards

Klaus Hahnen
3M Laboratories (Europe)
From: (Germany)   Date: 16 December 2002, 20:13 [GMT]
Subject: Re: Which solution could be used to deal with rust in instrument

Dear,

Rust on stainless steel instruments should be removed by special cleaners based on phosphoric acid like neodisher IR: 5 % solution, 40 - 50°C, 30 minutes.
More details are given: http://www.drweigert.de

Best regards,
Dr Juergen Staffeldt
Chemische Fabrik DR WEIGERT Gmbh
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