JP4299486B2 - Disinfectant packaging - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Field of the Invention]
The present invention relates to a sterilized package in which disinfecting materials such as cotton balls and swabs are stored.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Cotton balls that are sterilized and packaged in a metal lidded container that is sterilized when a doctor or nurse disinfects a patient's affected area in a hospital or other medical institution A disinfecting material such as gauze or the like is stored, a disinfecting liquid is injected into the universal bowl, the disinfecting material is impregnated with the disinfecting liquid, and the disinfecting material impregnated with the disinfecting liquid is used. However, when the disinfecting material is transferred to the all-purpose container, the disinfecting material touches the air for a certain period of time, so that germs in the air may adhere. After use, discard the remaining disinfecting material, wash away the disinfecting solution adhering to the container, perform sterilization again, take out the disinfecting material from the sterilized packaging bag, and put it in this container. I used it again. However, this is very troublesome and cumbersome.
Recently, for the purpose of omitting such annoying acts as described above, disinfecting materials are stored in a container with a lid made of synthetic resin that can be discarded, and these are sterilized together. It has been proposed to inject a disinfectant (see JP-A-2001-354224).
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, a polyester resin container is used as the synthetic resin container, and a container formed of the polyester resin has a drawback that it is easily deformed when exposed to high temperatures such as autoclave sterilization. Therefore, electron beam irradiation sterilization and ethylene oxide sterilization are performed as sterilization treatment. However, when performing electron beam irradiation sterilization as a sterilization process, a large sterilization facility is required, and ethylene oxide gas sterilization has a problem of residual gas.
Therefore, the present inventor has completed the present invention as a result of various studies to solve the above problems, and the object of the present invention is to disinfect disinfecting materials sterilized in a clean state without performing the above-described complicated operations. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a package of a sterilized disinfecting material that is safe and reliable without requiring a large sterilization facility.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The gist of the present invention is that an autoclave in which a disinfectant material is housed in a container comprising a container body made of polypropylene and a lid that is connected to the container body and closes the opening, and the opening of the container body is covered with sterilized paper. A sterilized disinfecting material packaging body, wherein the container body is provided with an adhesive layer only on a part or the entire surface of the opposite side half of the connecting portion of the bottom outer surface . That is, in the present invention, since the container body is made of polypropylene, autoclave sterilization can be performed instead of conventional ethylene oxide sterilization and electron beam sterilization, and no large sterilization facilities are required, and safety and reliability are ensured. A package of highly sterilized disinfecting material can be obtained , and by providing an adhesive layer only on a part or the entire surface of the container body on the opposite side of the bottom outer surface of the connection portion, the moment due to the rigidity of the bottom The holding force when opening the lid is not impaired, and when peeling off, it can be peeled off with a small force when peeled off from the connecting portion side (rear side) .
[0005]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention will be described in detail.
The disinfectant material packaging body according to the present invention includes a container body, a lid body that can close and open the opening of the container body, and an engagement means that engages the container body and the lid body. Contains disinfectant material. The container body and the lid are made of polypropylene. As a specific shape of the container body, the container body has an opening at the top, is bent downward from the edge of the opening to form an outer peripheral edge, and its lower end is projected outward to form a flange. The lid body is an inverted concave body that covers all the openings of the container body, and has an inner peripheral wall that is in contact with the outer peripheral edge of the container body. From the end of the inner peripheral wall to the outside, as with the flange of the container body. Has a buttock. The container body and lid may be molded separately and connected by a connecting member such as a hinge. However, molding from a single polypropylene sheet is easier to manufacture and uses less resin. It is preferable from the viewpoint of reducing the amount.
Polyolefins such as polypropylene are preferred from this point of view because they have a low environmental impact and are easy to dispose of. Polypropylene itself is not so high in heat resistance as polyester resin, but it is easy to form a sheet, and its degree of deformation is small when heat is applied after forming. Therefore, it is preferable for applications where heat is applied, such as an autoclave. The type of polypropylene used in the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it is not deformed by the heat of the autoclave, and may contain a copolymerization monomer component, other resins, and various additives.
As a means for integrally molding the container body and the lid body, deep drawing is performed by vacuum forming, pressure forming or the like. The connecting portion between the container main body and the lid body preferably has a wide flange, and if a groove-like streak is provided in the middle of the wide portion, it is easy to provide a broken line. And this broken line functions as a hinge. When a curved notch that bulges from the middle of the broken line to the wide part on the container body side is pressed, the joint part between the container body and the lid body (both ends of the notch) is pressed by pressing the wide part of the lid side flange The lid can be opened and closed with fulcrum as the fulcrum. In addition, the wide part of the cover side collar part at the time of comprising in this way is also called a press part.
[0006]
It is preferable that an engagement means is provided on one or both of the container body and the lid so that the closed state can be maintained when the container is resealed. Although it does not specifically limit as an engaging means, For example, a convex part is provided in the outer peripheral edge part of a container main body so that it may engage with the inner peripheral wall part of a cover body, or a container main body is provided in the inner peripheral wall of a cover body The protrusions can be provided so as to engage with the outer peripheral edge of the container, or the protrusions can be easily engaged with each other by providing the protrusions and recesses on the outer peripheral part of the container body and the peripheral wall of the lid body. It is preferable to provide such an engaging means and keep the closed state when resealed, since germs in the air do not enter.
When a plurality of such engagement means are provided, the number and position of the engagement means to be engaged differ depending on the position and the magnitude of the force when resealing, and the engagement force between the container body and the lid changes. Therefore, it can be made controllable. That is, the engaging portion in the vicinity of the connecting portion between the container main body and the lid can be in the open state even when the pressing portion is pressed with a weaker force as the engaging means is located closer to the connecting portion.
[0007]
As described above, the lid body can be lifted and opened by pressing the lid material side wide portion (pressing portion) of the connecting portion between the container body and the lid body. At the time, a U-shaped cut is made in the wide part on the lid material side to provide a tongue piece, and when this is folded into a folding part, this folding part is locked to the container body and acts as a stopper. The material can be prevented from opening more than necessary, and the opening angle can be regulated. Thereby, it can prevent that a container falls by the weight of a cover material, and it is preferable.
In addition, if a concave or convex portion is provided in the lid part on the opposite side (front side) of the connecting part between the container body and the lid, the concave or convex part may be removed when the lid is lifted and opened. It is preferable because it is difficult to slip when the lid is lifted by catching a nail.
Furthermore, it is preferable to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the bottom outer surface of the container main body by, for example, a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, and to make the container main body difficult to fall when opening and closing the lid. If it is provided only on a part or the entire surface of the lifting part side half (front side), the holding force will not be damaged when opening the lid due to the moment due to the rigidity of the bottom part. When removing it from the connection part side (rear side) It is preferable because it can be peeled off with a small force.
A label capable of entering the name of the drug added to the disinfecting material, the date and time of adjustment, and the like are provided on the lid, and the state of the disinfecting material in the container body can be known by providing an entry section.
Further, if the container body and the lid are sealed with a breakable label, the label needs to be broken to open the container, so that the function of tamper proof is achieved. Such a breakable label can use paper or synthetic resin film having relatively low strength. These labels may be provided with break lines.
[0008]
Disinfecting materials such as cotton balls and swabs are placed in the container as described above, and the opening is covered with sterilized paper and autoclaved. As the sterilized paper, a nonwoven fabric having a predetermined air permeability used for a normal autoclave, a polyolefin fiber mixed paper, or a paper in which an easy peel heat seal layer is laminated on paper are suitably used.
The autoclave sterilization conditions are not different from the usual sterilization conditions, and are generally about 115 ° C to 130 ° C and about 30 minutes to 15 minutes.
[0009]
The container used for this invention is demonstrated with figures.
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a container used in the disinfectant packaging according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the container body 1 has a lid body 2, the container body 1, and the lid body 2 have flanges 11 and 12, respectively, and the container body 1 and the lid body 2 are connected by a connection portion 3. The connecting portion 3 has wide flanges 11 and 12, widens the flange 12 on the lid 2 side, and provides a curved notch 9 that bulges toward the container body in this portion. The lid 2 can be opened and closed with respect to the container body 1 by pushing a portion formed by cutting when this is bent (this portion is referred to as a pressing portion 6) (see FIG. 4). Further, the connecting portion 3 is provided with a tongue piece 5 by being cut into a U-shape on the flange portion 12 on the lid body 2 side, and this is bent and locked to the container main body flange portion 11 to thereby close the lid body 2. Regulate the opening angle. The tongue piece 5 is also referred to as a stopper 5. Autoclave sterilization is performed by attaching sterilized paper to the opening 7 of the container body 1. As the sterilized paper, a nonwoven fabric having a predetermined air permeability used for a normal autoclave, a polyolefin fiber mixed paper, or a paper in which an easy peel heat seal layer is laminated on paper are suitably used.
The lid 4 on the opposite side of the connecting part 3 is also slightly wider, and the lifting part 4 is provided. It is preferable to provide a concave portion or a convex portion in the center of the lifting portion 4 so that the finger does not slip.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the container used in the present invention with the lid 2 slightly opened, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view with the lid fully opened. 2 and 3, the outer peripheral edge 8 formed by bending below the edge of the opening 7 of the container body 1 is provided with a convex or concave portion, and the inner peripheral wall 9 of the lid is provided with a concave or convex portion for engagement. Forming means 10. The pressing portion 6 is provided with the stopper 5 as described above, and thereby the opening angle of the lid is adjusted. That is, if the lid is opened to near horizontal when the lid is opened, the container may easily fall down. Therefore, the stopper 5 regulates the opening angle so as not to open more than a predetermined angle. Disinfecting material 13 is housed in such a container body 1, water vapor passes through the opening 7, but bacteria do not pass through, so-called sterilized paper, which is fixed by means such as heat sealing, and is subjected to autoclave sterilization.
In addition, an entry label 15 can be attached to the top of the lid 2 so that the type and date of adjustment of the disinfectant can be entered, and a double-sided adhesive tape 16 is attached to the bottom of the container body to attach the lid. Prevent the container body from falling over when opened.
[0010]
【Example】
Example 1
An unstretched polypropylene sheet having a thickness of 800 μm was vacuum-formed to form a container body 1 and a lid 2 as shown in FIGS. A groove-like streak for folding is inserted in an intermediate portion of the portion (connection portion 3) where the container body 1 and the lid body 2 are connected, and a notch for forming the pressing portion 6 and the tongue piece (stopper) 5 is provided. The lid 2 can be folded.
The opening of the container body 1 has a circular shape with an inner diameter of 70 mm, the bottom has a circular shape with an inner diameter of 65 mm, and has a tapered cylindrical shape with a depth of 70 mm. Ten pieces of cotton balls (disinfecting material 13) having a diameter of 25 mm are put in the container body 1, and the opening 7 is covered with a sterilized paper 14 made of a paper mixed with polypropylene, sealed by heat sealing, and sterilized by autoclave at 115 ° C. for 30 minutes. Went.
After sterilization, the lid 2 is folded over the sterilized paper 14 and fixed by the engaging means 10, and the container body 1 and the lid 2 are sealed with paper sealing labels at two positions on both the left and right sides. Therefore, it was used as a means to prevent tampering.
In preparation for when the disinfecting material 13 is adjusted with the disinfecting liquid on the outer surface of the lid 2, a paper entry label 15 on which the name of the disinfecting agent and the adjustment date can be written is affixed.
Further, a double-sided tape (adhesive label 16) made of a semicircle having a diameter of 50 mm on the outer surface of the bottom of the container main body 1 is left on one side of the outer surface of the bottom of the container main body 1 and the front half area (the lifting portion 4 exists). The side where the connection part 3 does not exist).
When using the sterilized package of the present invention, the tongue provided on the pressing portion 6 of the lid flange 12 is bent downward from the root to form the stopper 5. Then, a claw of a thumb is put into the concave portion of the lifting portion 4 of the lid 2, and the lid 2 is pushed up to open the lid 2. At this time, the sealing label is broken, and the opened trace remains.
The sterilized paper 14 was peeled off and removed, and 100 CC of popidone iodine disinfectant was injected to prepare a disinfectant-impregnated disinfectant material. At this time, the lid 5 does not open more than necessary due to the action of the stopper 5, so that the container body 1 does not fall down even if the lid 2 is opened. However, as a precaution, the release paper on the bottom outer surface of the container body 1 is removed. It peeled off and the adhesive surface was exposed, and it fixed to the chemical | medical agent adjustment stand. The lid 2 was put on, the entire surface was pressed, completely fixed by all the engaging means 10, and the drug name and the adjustment date were entered on the entry label 15.
When the container containing the disinfectant material impregnated with the disinfectant solution is pulled to the front in order to carry it to the treatment room, the adhesive surface exists only on the front half, so the principle of the insulator works due to the rigidity of the bottom surface, and from the drug adjustment table The container could be easily peeled off.
In the treatment room, the container is again fixed to the predetermined place with the adhesive surface, the lifting part 4 of the lid 2 is pushed up to open the container, one disinfectant-impregnated disinfecting material is taken out, and the lid connecting part 3 The lid 2 was temporarily fixed to the container main body 1 using only the one closest to the connecting portion among the plurality of engaging means by lightly pressing the portion close to.
Next, when the pressing part 6 provided on the lid body 12 for taking out the disinfectant-impregnated disinfecting material was pressed, the lid body 2 could be easily opened with one hand.
[0011]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the sterilized package of the present invention has no problem of residual gas as in the case of ethylene gas sterilization because the package is subjected to autoclave sterilization, and has a large facility such as electron beam irradiation. There is no need to supply the disinfecting material in a sterilized state easily. And since the container main body and the cover body are shape | molded from the polypropylene resin, the load lacking in an environment can be easily discarded and the amount to be discarded can be reduced when a polypropylene sheet is used.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a container used for a sterilized package according to the present invention.
2 is a side view showing a state where a lid of the container shown in FIG. 1 is opened. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the lid of the container shown in FIG. 1 is completely opened.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a container in which a container body and a lid used in the present invention are connected.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container main body 2 Cover body 3 Connection part 4 Lifting part 5 Tongue piece (stopper) 6 Press part 7 Container main body opening part 8 Container main body outer periphery part 9 Notch 10 Engagement means 11 Container main body side collar part 12 Cap body side inner peripheral wall 13 Disinfectant material 14 Sterilized paper 15 Filled label 16 Adhesive label

Claims (11)

Disinfecting material package in which a disinfecting material is housed in a container having a polypropylene container main body and a lid that is connected to the container main body and closes the opening, and the opening of the container is covered with sterilized paper and sterilized by autoclave The disinfecting material package is characterized in that the container body is provided with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer only on a part or the whole of the half surface opposite to the connecting portion on the outer surface of the bottom .  The disinfecting material package according to claim 1, wherein the container body and the lid are integrally formed from a single polypropylene sheet.  The disinfecting material package according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising engagement means for engaging the container main body and the lid.  The disinfecting material packaging body according to claim 3, wherein the engagement force between the container body and the lid body can be controlled by providing a plurality of the engaging means.  The disinfecting material package according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the engaging means is provided in the vicinity of a connection portion between the container body and the lid.  The disinfecting material packaging body according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a pressing portion that lifts and opens the lid body by pressing is provided on a lid material side of a connection portion between the container body and the lid body. .  The disinfecting material packaging body according to claim 6, wherein a stopper that regulates an opening angle of the lid member is provided on the pressing portion.  The disinfecting material packaging body according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a lifting portion that lifts and opens the lid body is provided on the lid body on a side opposite to a connection portion between the container body and the lid body.  The disinfecting material package according to claim 8, wherein the lifting portion is provided with a concave portion and / or a convex portion. The disinfecting material package according to any one of claims 1 to 9 , wherein the lid is provided with an entry portion capable of entering a name of a drug added to the disinfecting material, an adjustment date and time, and the like. The disinfecting material package according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the container main body and the lid are sealed with a breakable label.

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