Point-of-use system for medical instruments

A point-of-use system for precleaning a medical instrument via a precleaning process, the system comprising:

• a housing having a locking mechanism;
• a sanitizing drawer disposed in the housing and configured to accept the medical instrument and to open and close upon activation of a motion sensor disposed on the housing, the sanitizing drawer including
• a trap door on a bottom of the sanitizing drawer, and
• a sensor for detecting a presence and position of medical instruments within the sanitizing drawer;
• a fluid reservoir disposed in the housing and configured to hold a cleaning fluid and output the cleaning fluid to the sanitizing drawer, the fluid reservoir fluidly coupled to the spray nozzle, the fluid reservoir including a handle;
• a spray nozzle disposed in the housing and configured to activate automatically after the sanitizing drawer is closed, the spray nozzle fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir, the spray nozzle having a plurality of spray nozzles positioned to provide multi-angle coverage of the medical instrument;
• a biohazard container removably disposed in the housing and positioned adjacent the sanitizing drawer, the biohazard container configured to accept the medical instrument from the sanitizing drawer automatically after the medical instrument is precleaned;
• a user interface disposed on the housing and configured to display a status of the precleaning process;
• a motor configured to actuate and pull fluid from the fluid reservoir to the spray nozzle;
• and
• a controller in communication with the user interface.

A method for precleaning a medical instrument via a precleaning process, the method comprising:

• providing a point-of-use system including
• a housing;
• a sanitizing drawer disposed in the housing and configured to accept the medical instrument and to open and close upon activation of a motion sensor disposed on the housing;
• a fluid reservoir disposed in the housing and configured to output a cleaning fluid to the sanitizing drawer;
• a spray nozzle disposed in the housing and configured to activate automatically after the sanitizing drawer is closed;
• and
• a biohazard container removably disposed in the housing and positioned adjacent the sanitizing drawer, the biohazard container configured to accept the medical instrument from the sanitizing drawer automatically after the medical instrument is precleaned;
• activating the motion sensor to open the sanitizing drawer;
• placing the medical instrument in the sanitizing drawer;
• activating the motion sensor to close the sanitizing drawer;
• actuating the spray nozzle to spray the medical instrument with the cleaning fluid;
• and
• transferring the medical instrument from the sanitizing drawer into the biohazard container.