[Eeglablist] disinfection of caps?

[Valia Rodriguez]

I have always cleaned caps -for more than 20 years- with water and
sometimes in a water dilution with a mild liquid soap/shampoo. If the scalp
is intact - there is not need to disinfect the cap. If you are worry about
ecto-parasites you could use an alcoholic dilution.
On the other hand in patients with scalp abrasions or in critical care
context I never use caps - and I do not recommend caps if they are not
disposable.
I also agree the way to dry the cap will affect it more in terms of
elasticity - dryer, heaters and so on are bad ideas.


Valia


On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Clayton Hickey <cmhickey at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> This isn’t an eeglab specific question… apologies if I’m stretching list
> rules.
>
> Do you disinfect your EEG cap?
>
> I’m talking about the cap, not the electrodes themselves, and in the
> context of standard University research use (ie. undergrads, not patients).
>
> I’ve worked in institutions that do, and in institutions that don’t. Some
> manufacturers appear to take it for granted (eg. ECI), others suggest
> avoiding it (eg. Biosemi).
>
> I get the impression that disinfectant reduces the life of the cap by
> breaking down the elasticity. Much more than that, though, I really dislike
> having to deal with glutaraldehyde solution. It’s nasty stuff, it has a
> short shelf life, and I expect that we as a community put a fair amount of
> it in our local water supplies (probably a drop in the proverbial bucket
> when one considers the medical system as a whole, but still).
>
> In your opinion, is it necessary? Does anyone know of any university /
> medical / governmental regulations that require it?
>
> clayton
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Eeglablist page: http://sccn.ucsd.edu/eeglab/eeglabmail.html
> To unsubscribe, send an empty email to eeglablist-unsubscribe at sccn.
> ucsd.edu
> For digest mode, send an email with the subject "set digest mime" to
> eeglablist-request at sccn.ucsd.edu




-- 

Valia Rodriguez, MD PhD
Neurophysiology Lecturer. School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston
University
Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology, Cuban Neuroscience Center
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://sccn.ucsd.edu/pipermail/eeglablist/attachments/20171215/f5bc4f79/attachment.html>