Celerity™ 20 HP Challenge Pack

The Celerity™ 20 HP Challenge Pack provides confidence for initial use of your V-PRO Low Temperature Sterilization Systems after installation. With the Celerity™ 20 HP Challenge Pack, only three consecutive cycles (most challenging) need to be run in your V-PRO Sterilizer to qualify the sterilizer for use. This means your V-PRO Sterilizer can be qualified and put into use in under three hours.

How the Celerity 20 HP Challenge Pack Works

Each Celerity™ 20 HP Challenge Pack includes the fast read Celerity™ 20 HP Biological Indicator, a chemical indicator strip and a blue polyurethane foam sheet.

The self-contained BI reduces the risk of contamination and consequent false positives. Each BI vial is inoculated with Geobacillus stearothermophilus bacterial spores and contains a defined media within the vial cap. The vial cap label contains a process indicator for hydrogen peroxide which provides immediate confirmation of processing. Upon activation, the BI is incubated using the Celerity™ HP Incubator. A negative response provided by the incubator within 20 minutes indicates that the BI went through an acceptable sterilization process.

The chemical indicator strip is a Type 1 Process Indicator as defined in ANSI/AAMI/ISO 11140-1. This indicator provides immediate proof of processing. A vivid color change from magenta to yellow indicates exposure to a hydrogen peroxide sterilization cycle occurred.

During sterilization, the sterilizer must remove air from the challenge pack, expose the pack to a sufficient quantity of hydrogen peroxide to overcome the absorption of hydrogen peroxide by the polyurethane foam sheet, and kill the bacterial spores within the self-contained biological indicator. The Celerity 20 HP Challenge Pack provides a challenge to sterilization equivalent to or greater than that achieved by the worst case sterilization load.

Why the Celerity 20 HP Challenge Pack?

• Speed and Ease of Use

The Celerity 20 HP Challenge Pack speeds up the sterilization qualification process and the BI provides rapid results within 20 minutes of incubation.

• Safety and Compliance

The Celerity 20 HP Challenge Pack helps you meet the requirements of AAMI ST58 Chemical sterilization and high-level disinfection in health care facilities.

• Increased Productivity

The Celerity 20 HP Challenge Pack provides expedited and confident qualification of your V-PRO Sterilizers allowing you to use your V-PRO Sterilizer in under three hours after installation or service.