Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

critical water

Spanish translation:

agua ultrapura

Added to glossary by Taña Dalglish
Oct 11, 2021 18:12
2 yrs ago
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English term

critical water

English to Spanish Medical Medical: Instruments Sterilization of medical instruments
Esta pregunta ya se hizo algunos años atrás (https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/medical-instru... pero no he quedado satisfecha con la respuesta y no he podido encontrar la correcta.

Quisiera asegurarme de que "agua crítica" o cualquier otra sea la frase de uso correcto en este campo. Tengo entendido que "critical water" se refiere a unas condiciones específicas, por eso no me cuadra la respuesta que dieron en la pregunta anterior.

Mi documento dice esto:

CLEANING
To clean the camera manually:
Stage Action Temperature (°C/°F) Time (min) Water quality Cleaning/disinfectant solution
Cleaning Per manufacturer’s instructions Tap water
Enzymatic cleaning agent: ABCXXX™*, prepared per manufacturer’s instructions
Intermediate rinsing 2x Tap water
Final rinsing *************Critical water************
(A value: > 3000)

Es la única instancia en la que se menciona "critical water", ya que para las demás etapas de limpieza/desinfección se mencionan "tap water", "deionized water", "demineralized water", "germ-free water", etc.

El documento es una guía para la limpieza y esterilización de un sistema para la visualización del cuerpo del paciente durante un procedimiento quirúrgico.

Muchas gracias de antemano.
Change log

Oct 15, 2021 16:43: Taña Dalglish changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/14571">María Teresa Taylor Oliver's</a> old entry - "critical water"" to ""agua ultrapura""

Discussion

patinba Oct 11, 2021:
@Taña Why not post "agua ultrapura" ?
Taña Dalglish Oct 11, 2021:
https://educationaldimensions.com/eLearn/chemistries/chemist...
Sterile water is generally used for irrigation and meets a USP standard as a solvent for injectable drugs. In the reprocessing of medical devices, sterile water OR **critical water (water that has been extensively treated to remove particulate and microbial inclusions) ** would be used to rinse high-level disinfected or sterilized scopes and accessories.

https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/medical-instru...
agua ultrapura (quite a number of choices, and a rather heated discussion). Actually it is the same link you included in your posting (see discussion by MCF).


https://www.bostonscientific.com/content/dam/Manuals/us/curr...
Manual in English and Spanish and shows, for example on page 14 "agua ultrapura (agua filtrada por ósmosis inversa o con filtro de < (should be less than or equal to) 0,2 micras).
María Teresa Taylor Oliver (asker) Oct 11, 2021:
Esta cosa no me deja editar mi pregunta. El enlace a la pregunta anterior sale roto allá arriba. Este es el correcto:

https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/medical-instru...

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agua ultrapura

See pages 5, 6, 7 (English) and 14, 15, 16 (Spanish) of link referenced in discussion box for "critical water" > agua ultrapura.

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agree Mónica Algazi : Mejor
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Thank you Mónica.
agree patinba
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agua tratada (de manera exhaustiva) para remover/eliminar de esta partìculas y microbios

https://educationaldimensions.com/eLearn/chemistries/chemist...
In the reprocessing of medical devices, sterile water OR critical water (water that has been extensively treated to remove particulate and microbial inclusions) would be used to rinse high-level disinfected or sterilized scopes and accessories.

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