Chemical Indicators

[New SPD Manager]

Does anyone know of any Class 5 indicators? If so, where can they be ordered from? :confused:

[4fleal]

Try 3M corporation for the class 5 integrators.

[johnfmartin]

3M products:
Individual comply integrators product number 1243
Comply Challenge Packs (load release pre-vac) product number 41360

[tish]

The package insert list these as Class D: Multi-variable Indicator. I didn't think that this equated with the Class 5. Am I wrong?

[New SPD Manager]

Thank you.
We use the 3M Comply SteriGage now. We have had a couple incidents where the indicator was gray past the line instead of black. My director wants to try a different indicator. I called 3M tech support and they said gray is ok. They said the only indication that the load is no good is if it is still white.

[tish]

We also use the 3M products. Like you, sometimes we get a grey line instead of the black. If you still need to try something else, Steris sells a product listed as class 5 integrator and called VERIFY Steam Integrator. We did try these and they have a circle that needs to change color to the color standard that is printed on the integrator. If the entire circle is not blue/purple then the integrator fails. We had these change to varying degree of color in the blue/purple range--some darker than others. They are packaged as appropriate for use in sterilizers running at 270, 273 and 275F. I had someone put one into a 250F gravity sterilizer and still it gave a pass rating.