“…7 Based on presently published literature, multiple cleaning methods have been tested and proposed in order to decontaminate catheters including heat (microwave 19,21,29,[31][32][33]35 , steam 19 , or boiling 19 ), mechanical (ultrasonic 19 , detergent and rinsing 19,28,32,35 ), chemical (bleach 34 , hydrogen peroxide 28,34 , betadine 34 , vinegar 19,28 , Milton solution 19 , Savlon solution 7 , 70% alcohol 31 ), and other (photocatalytic 30 , mixture of methods 16 or combination of two methods 19,35 ). The majority of these studies (n = 10) 16,19,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] used culture analysis as a microbiological technique to assess for the presence of bacteria. Several studies (n = 7) 7,16,19,21,29,31,32 examined the impact of cleaning methods on physical properties of catheters, however only a minority (n = 4)…”