Thoroughly clean

We've all spent many hours manually cleaning items in our time. Few would suggest it was truly their method of choice (if they are the one doing the cleaning!), as anyone remembering the experience of the great change-over when a nice new white dishwasher found its home in a 600mm slot in the kitchen or utility room will verify. Before this day, manual cleaning of the spoils of a dinner party was neither enjoyable nor therapeutic. If you consider this manual method and relate it to soiled and contaminated medical instruments with sharp protrusions then it becomes an even less enticing or effective option, particularly to those who are actually doing the cleaning.

As to the differences between the kitchen dishwasher and the modern thermo-washer disinfector, these are less visible on the outside - and even when opening the door the trays and baskets look somewhat familiar. At this point however, the similarities end. The thermo-washer should be manufactured from high grade stainless steel, with the chamber of AISI 316 quality, and the cabinet of a similar standard; this is to prevent corrosion by ensuring it can cope with the strong detergents used in dental /medical practices, as well as withstanding the heavy amount of use within a busy dental or medical practice. Just a simple weight test reveals the kitchen machine can be lifted with ease whilst the medical thermo-washer is a two person with trolley and stair lifter type of load (don't try this, just take our word for it). This additional weight comes from the robust chamber, the external casing, plus far more components, which are tightly packed beneath the casing.