Process for washing and disinfecting hands and fingers

• US 20050147526A1
• Filed: 12/14/2004
• Published: 07/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Iwao Hishida
• Original Assignee: Iwao Hishida
• Inventors: Hishida, Iwao
• Application Number:
  US11/010,939
• Publication Number:
  US 20050147526A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 422/28
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 25/00 Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application , e.g. seed treatment or sequential application; Substances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/0088 Liquid substances

Abstract

The present invention aims at providing a process and an apparatus for washing and disinfecting hands, fingers and arms for a shortened time. That is, the present invention provides a process for washing and disinfecting hands, fingers and arms, which process comprises contacting hands, fingers and arms with a disinfectant used in a state of flowing water and then drying them to wash and disinfect the hands, fingers and arms, and also provides an apparatus for carrying out said process.

Claims

1. A process for washing and disinfecting hands, fingers and arms in medical operation, which process comprises contacting hands, fingers and arms with a disinfectant used in a state of flowing water and then drying them to wash and disinfect the hands, fingers and arms.

2. An apparatus for washing and disinfecting hands, fingers and arms in medical operation by contacting hands, fingers and arms with a disinfectant used in a state of flowing water and then drying them to wash and disinfect the hands, fingers and arms.

3. The apparatus as set forth in claim 2, which is provided with:

a tank for storing the disinfectant;

a washing machine; and

a drier.

4. The apparatus as set forth in claim 3, wherein said washing machine is provided with at least one water-flowing device selected from the group consisting of a faucet and a spray nozzle.