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The Directa Hygosurge is a miscellaneous product supplied by Directa for dental use. Catalog code HS25.
Directa Hygosurge is a surgical aspirator tip from Directa. Each pack holds 25. Manufacturer part number HS25.
Find it on our Evacuation shelf, under Surgical Aspirator Tips.
Orders placed before 3 PM ET ship the same day when the item is on our shelf (otherwise within 3 business days), and ground shipping is free over $10.
Product
- Manufacturer
- Directa
- Manufacturer #
- HS25
- Item code
- 107-0406
Catalog path
- Marketplace
- Clinical
- Category
- Evacuation
- Subcategory
- Surgical Aspirator Tips
Ordering
- Status
- Ships in 3 business days
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Questions
What is Directa Hygosurge used for?
The Directa Hygosurge is a miscellaneous product supplied by Directa for dental use.
How many come in a pack of Directa Hygosurge?
25 per pack; the price shown is per pack.
When does it ship?
In-stock orders placed before 3 PM ET ship the same day; anything not on our shelf ships within 3 business days.Ground shipping is free over $10.
About surgical aspirator tips
Oral surgical procedures involve the incision, excision or reflection of tissue that exposes the normally sterile areas of the oral cavity — biopsy, periodontal surgery, apical surgery, implant surgery and surgical extractions of teeth. Those procedures present an opportunity for entry of microorganisms into the vascular system and other normally sterile areas such as bone, so an increased potential exists for localized or systemic infection.
The CDC says single-use devices and items for use during oral surgical procedures should be sterile at the time of use. It also says to use sterile saline or sterile water as the coolant or irrigant in oral surgical procedures, with devices specifically designed for delivering sterile irrigating fluids. Items used to penetrate soft tissue or bone are classed as critical, have the greatest risk of transmitting infection, and should be sterilized by heat.
In the FDA’s device list, a vacuum-powered body fluid suction apparatus is a device used to aspirate, remove or sample body fluids, powered by an external source of vacuum, and the generic type includes suction catheters and tips, connecting flexible aspirating tubes, rigid suction tips and specimen traps (21 CFR 880.6740).
What to look at when choosing a surgical aspirator tip
A single-use device is designed to be used on one patient and then discarded, not reprocessed for use on another, and single-use devices in dentistry are usually not heat-tolerant and cannot be reliably cleaned.
Sterility: items for use during oral surgical procedures should be sterile at the time of use. An item that touches mucous membranes is semicritical, and because most semicritical items in dentistry are heat-tolerant the CDC says they should be sterilized by using heat.
Suction cannulas come in different diameters: one splatter study compared a 6 mm saliva ejector, an 11 mm suction cannula and three types of 16 mm suction cannula.
Sources: CDC, Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings — 2003 (MMWR 52(RR-17)) · FDA 21 CFR 880.6740, Vacuum-powered body fluid suction apparatus · Influence of flow rate and different size of suction cannulas on splatter contamination in dentistry, 2022 (PMC9088725)
