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Automated Washing Chemistries

STERIS provides healthcare cleaning solutions designed to deliver superior performance in surgical instrument washer disinfectors, healthcare washer/disinfectors, cart washers, and ultrasonic cleaners. After manual cleaning at the sink, automated cleaning plays a critical role in removing dirt, soil, and microorganisms before instruments move through the reprocessing cycle, ensuring consistent, reliable outcomes.

PROLYSTICA™ Ultra High-Performance Chemistries are engineered for exceptional cleaning of heavily soiled and complex devices, including orthopedic surgical instruments. With a 10X ultra-concentrate formula, they maximize efficiency and reduce storage needs while remaining compatible across a wide range of automated systems. Select the appropriate medical washing chemistry based on your equipment and application to enhance your surgical instrument cleaning process and overall infection prevention efforts.

Washer/Disinfector Chemistries

STERIS's automated washing products are used in hospital washer/disinfectors and cart washers. PROLYSTICA High Performance (HP) automated cleaning chemistries are specifically formulated to optimize washer pump and spray-arm performance while thoroughly cleaning difficult-to-remove organic and inorganic soils from instruments. Dri N' Shine, a specialty drying agent, ensures fast and spotless drying, while our descaling chemicals help remove heavy scale and keep your washer performing at optimal levels.
PROLYSTICA HP Instrument Cleaning Chemistries family of products
PROLYSTICA™ HP Instrument Cleaning Chemistries
  • What It Does: Provides exceptional cleaning for difficult-to-remove organic and inorganic surgical and endoscopy soils in a 2X concentrated formula
  • Application: Manual Cleaning, Automated Washers, Cart Washers, Ultrasonics
  • HP Advantage: Enhanced visibility at the sink through reduced cloudiness
PROLYSTICA Ultra Concentrate HP enzymatic family of detergents
PROLYSTICA™ Ultra Concentrate HP Instrument Cleaning Chemistries
  • What It Does: Offers exceptional performance on heavily soiled devices, including orthopedic surgical instruments, with a 10X ultra concentrate formula that delivers more uses per container
  • Application: Automated Washers, Cart Washers
  • HP Advantage: De-foaming of protein soils aids in washer performance

PROLYSTICA 2X Concentrate Instrument Cleaning Chemistries family of products
PROLYSTICA™ 2X Concentrate Instrument Cleaning Chemistries
  • What It Does: Provides superior cleaning results against the toughest surgical and endoscopy soils in a 2X concentrated formula
  • Application: Manual Cleaning, Automated Washers, Cart Washers, Ultrasonics

PROLYSTICA Ultra Concentrate Instrument Cleaning Chemistries family of products
PROLYSTICA™ Ultra Concentrate Instrument Cleaning Chemistries
  • What It Does: Provides superior cleaning results against healthcare’s toughest soils in a 10X ultra concentrate formula offering more uses per container
  • Application: Automated Washers, Cart Washers

Dri 'N Shine Concentrated Drying Agent
Dri N' Shine™ Concentrated Drying Agent
  • What It Does: Helps speed up drying time and combat scaling by preventing water spots on instruments
  • Application: Automated Washers, Cart Washers

AL-2000 Chemistry Delivery System
AL-2000™ Chemistry Delivery System
  • Use: Automated Washers, Cart Washers
  • Features: Chemistry delivery system with precise metering pumps provide optimal accuracy for delivering ultra-concentrated chemistries for pre-programmed washer cycles

HP Pick-Up Tube for Chemistry
HP Pickup Tube
  • What It Does: Encourages best practice to avoid topping off based on a reduction in residual chemistry
  • Features: Chemistry savings add up to more cycles and less time changing chemistry
  • Use: Can supply two washer/disinfectors from one container to reduce chemistry footprint and complexity
Acu-Dose Chemistry Delivery System
Acu-Dose™ Chemistry Delivery System
  • Installed directly inside a new or existing AMSCO 7000hp Series Washer/Disinfector
  • Error-proof chemistry placement with patented lock and key bottle design
  • Color-coded labels and caps match chemistry placement location

Ultrasonic Chemistries

Ultrasonic cleaning chemistries help remove soils from laparoscopic, ophthalmic, orthopedic, and other instruments reprocessed in ultrasonic washers. PROLYSTICA HP and PROLYSTICA 2X Concentrate surgical instrument cleaning chemistries feature a low-foaming profile that remove soils from instruments during cleaning while maintaining equipment performance. Available in enzymatic, neutral, and alkaline formulas, these ultrasonic instrument cleaners can meet various cleaning conditions, including helping to address hard water issues.
PROLYSTICA HP Instrument Cleaning Chemistries family of products
PROLYSTICA™ HP Instrument Cleaning Chemistries
  • What It Does: Provides exceptional cleaning for difficult-to-remove organic and inorganic surgical and endoscopy soils in a 2X concentrated formula
  • Application: Manual Cleaning, Automated Washers, Cart Washers, Ultrasonics
  • HP Advantage: Enhanced visibility at the sink through reduced cloudiness
PROLYSTICA 2X Concentrate Instrument Cleaning Chemistries family of products
PROLYSTICA™ 2X Concentrate Instrument Cleaning Chemistries
  • What It Does: Provides superior cleaning results against the toughest surgical and endoscopy soils in a 2X concentrated formula
  • Application: Manual Cleaning, Automated Washers, Cart Washers, Ultrasonics