Device Category Dossier

Medical device cleaning sponge

Device Category Dossier for Medical device cleaning sponge. Australian ARTG records, sponsors, device class — compiled by arcimedes.

Medical device cleaning sponges are hand-held manual devices in the form of soft or abrasive sponges or pads, sometimes containing non-medicated substances such as enzymes or surfactants, designed for pre-cleaning and removal of gross blood and organic debris from medical devices prior to disinfection or sterilization. These sponges are used to wipe the surface of medical devices after surgical procedures , with applications including pre-cleaning and debris removal from TEE/TOE probes prior to disinfection.