The global provider of infection prevention products, Tristel plc (TSTL), has warmly welcomed the recent major change in disinfection guidelines from the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM). The new guidelines have extended their reach to encompass chlorine dioxide as a suitable option for high-level disinfection – offering further validation for Tristel’s high-level disinfection foam product, Tristel ULT™, especially targeted for ultrasound probe disinfection.
Significantly, Tristel ULT™ is the sole FDA-approved chlorine dioxide foam disinfectant for ultrasound probes in the US market, manufactured and disseminated by Parker Laboratories under a singular partnership contract with Tristel.
Matt Sassone, CEO of Tristel plc expressed his delight in the AIUM’s endorsement of chlorine dioxide as an approved method for high-level sterilization of ultrasound instruments. The company views this as a significant milestone, particularly since the addition of chlorine dioxide foam as a valid high-level disinfection solution in the American national standard on chemical sterilization (ANSI/AAMI ST58:2024) last year.
The company acknowledges the AIUM guideline update and reinforced national standard have set the stage for the rapid adoption of Tristel ULT™ across the US ultrasound market. This could speedily start to influence frontline clinicians, infection-prevention teams, and even hospital administrators.
For over a decade, since it first gained approval in 2008, Tristel ULT™ has been recognized for use in more than 35 countries – this further underscores its significance in starred care environments requiring high-level sterilization, an area where unswerving compliance is key.
Sussex-based Tristel effectively employs its unique proprietary chlorine dioxide (ClO2) chemistry in creating its products. The company is renowned as a manual decontamination market leader of medical devices, supporting hospitals under the Tristel brand. Also, through its Cache brand, it furnishes sustainable sporicidal surface disinfection alternatives, a more viable solution to commonly utilized pre-soaked plastic wipes.