In the veterinary industry, maintaining high standards of hygiene, precision, and efficiency is paramount for ensuring animal health and safety. Equipment like autoclaves, incubators, drying cabinets, environmental chambers, washer disinfectors and endoscope storage cabinets, all supplied by LTE, are essential in achieving these goals.
They support critical processes such as sterilisation, disinfection, diagnostics, safe storage and research by providing controlled environments and advanced decontamination methods.
Autoclaves and sterilisers are vital pieces of veterinary equipment, forming the foundation of strict hygiene protocols and ensuring the safety of both animals and veterinary teams. LTE’s Touchclave autoclaves and Class-B Mediclave sterilisers offer reliable sterilisation solutions to effectively eliminate pathogens from veterinary instruments and equipment, including vet surgical tools, reusable medical devices, and diagnostic instruments such as petri dishes, test tubes, and pipettes.
This is essential for preventing cross-contamination and infection during procedures, reducing the risk of complications. LTE Touchclave autoclaves can also be fitted with CAT3 filters to allow for the safe sterilisation of biohazardous materials, such as blood samples, tissues, and bodily fluids, prior to disposal, protecting the environment and community from harmful pathogens.
Independent veterinary practices with limited space may benefit from the compact Mediclave benchtop models, available in 18 to 23-litre capacities, ideal for smaller tools and instruments. Larger veterinary hospitals and specialist centres, on the other hand, can choose from the high-capacity Touchclave-Lab or Touchclave Systems large autoclaves, with capacities of up to 10,000-litres.
All LTE autoclaves operate at the recommended sterilisation temperatures of 121°C to 137°C, with advanced models offering features and upgrades to enhance cycle efficiency. Choosing your veterinary equipment from LTE not only helps meet regulatory standards but also reduces the risk of post-procedure infections, safeguarding animal health and reinforcing the reputation of your practice.
Effective disinfection forms the basis of great veterinary hygiene, whether it’s the cleaning of surfaces or ensuring tools and equipment are fully cleaned between surgeries, maintaining high hygiene standards can significantly reduce the risk of cross-contamination between patients.
In collaboration with leading Danish disinfection specialists KEN Hygiene, LTE offers sustainable, highly effective washers for cleaning and disinfecting vet surgery tools, including surgical scissors, clamps, and other reusable tools. The KEN IQ washer disinfector streamlines departmental workflows by reducing the need for manual cleaning, while ensuring all reusable equipment meets strict hygiene standards before being used on another animal.
The IQ washer disinfector range has a variety of operating capacities to meet diverse applications, starting with a 170-litre underbench model and extending to a 492-litre floor standing model. The IQ range has been designed with sustainability in mind, using less water, detergent, electricity, while delivering fast cycle times.
This not only enhances efficiencies but also reduces your carbon footprint and operational costs, offering an eco-friendly and cost-effective solution for veterinary practices.
Laboratory analysis and research is an important aspect of veterinary practice, providing accurate diagnoses for tissue samples or bacterial cultures, this often requires the use of specialised laboratory ovens and incubators.
LTE has been a trusted manufacturer of laboratory thermal equipment since 1947, establishing itself as a leader in the field. Our OP laboratory ovens offer precise temperature control between 40oC and 250oC, making them ideal for heat treatment or dry heat sterilisation for materials that cannot tolerate moisture, such as powders or oils.
Similarly, LTE’s IP laboratory incubators operate between 30oC and 80oC with options for fan circulation or natural convection. In the veterinary sector, these incubators support a range of applications, from culturing bacteria to blood test samples for infections and conducting pathogen studies, to advanced reproductive services, where they provide controlled conditions for embryo incubation. Whether for diagnostic or research purposes, LTE’s thermal equipment ensures precision and reliability for veterinary laboratories.
Lastly, LTE have designed a range of drying cabinets to dry veterinary equipment, specialised tools and protective gear using controlled heat and airflow. These cabinets help maintain the sterility of pre-cleaned instruments by preventing bacterial growth and ensuring they are completely moisture free before reuse, enhancing efficiencies in busy veterinary practices.
LTE offers larger reach-in environmental chambers and walk-in rooms for large-scale veterinary research and testing. These are also useful for the storage of veterinary vaccines and biological materials, ensuring their stability and integrity.
Given the intricacy of environmental rooms and chambers, each project is managed on a consultative basis. By collaborating closely with customers, we ensure tailored solutions that meet specific requirements, calibrated to precise temperature and humidity levels. This guarantees consistent, controlled environments for research, storage, or incubation needs.
While there are no formal regulations requiring the storage of veterinary endoscopes, following best practice is essential to ensure the safety and well-being of animal patients. Proper storage helps prevent the need for reprocessing and minimises the risk of contaminants entering the body via vet endoscopes. Just as human endoscopes are disinfected and stored in regulated cabinets, veterinary endoscopes should receive the same level of care to protect your loyal companions from the risks of improperly prepared equipment.
LTE’s Scope-Store range of endoscope drying and storage cabinets provides a reliable solution, ensuring that endoscopes remain disinfected, dry, and ready for use for up to 30 days after reprocessing. These cabinets offer controlled environments to maintain sterility and prevent bacterial growth, making them an ideal choice for veterinary practices committed to the highest hygiene standards. By using Scope-Store cabinets, you can enhance patient safety, improve operational efficiency, and ensure peace of mind for both vets and animals.
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