$288.21

• Silver ion; 365-day continuous waterline disinfection
• For municipal water; TDS 101ppm or greater
• EPA claim: ?10 CFU/mL; 50x below CDC guidelines
• Built-in shock treatment activates on installation
• No oxidizers; BMP compliant; no daily tablets required
• Quantity: 1 per Unit

Sterisil Straw 365 Day Municipal Cartridge is used for continuous dental unit waterline disinfection and maintenance in dental offices using municipal tap water as their dental unit water source, where a single silver ion-based straw installed in the dental unit water bottle provides 365 days of uninterrupted waterline treatment that keeps water quality at or below the EPA-quantified claim of less than or equal to 10 CFU/mL heterotrophic plate count, 50 times lower than the current CDC guideline of 500 CFU/mL for dental unit water quality, without requiring daily tablet treatments, chemical mixing, or any waterline maintenance activity between annual straw replacements. Formulated specifically for municipal water supplies at TDS values of 101 ppm or greater, where the dissolved mineral content of tap water provides the ion balance that the silver ion treatment chemistry requires to function at its rated 365-day duration, the Municipal straw provides practices that draw from city water systems the correctly matched waterline treatment option without requiring conversion to distilled water.

Dentists, office managers, and infection control coordinators who have transitioned from daily waterline tablet protocols or who are establishing a compliant waterline maintenance program for the first time find the Sterisil Straw Municipal the low-maintenance, EPA-quantified, annually replaced waterline treatment solution for their municipal water-supplied dental units. ? Each unit is a single Municipal straw, installed by removing the existing pickup tube from the dental unit water bottle and installing the new pickup tube with the Sterisil Straw attached to the barb fitting, a process that takes under a minute without tools and requires no plumbing modifications or special equipment. Built-in initial shock treatment releases automatically on installation, turning the water slightly blue to confirm activation and killing pre-existing odor-causing bacteria in the waterlines at the moment of installation without requiring a separate shocking step before beginning normal use. Compatible with any size dental unit water bottle, the straw remains installed and active for the full 365-day service period with no additional treatment required between installation and annual replacement. ? Sterisil Straw 365 Day Municipal Cartridge works through a silver ion-based antimicrobial chemistry that releases controlled amounts of silver ions into the dental unit water supply continuously throughout the 365-day service period.

Silver ions at the concentrations released by the straw are broadly antimicrobial against the waterborne bacteria, biofilm-forming organisms, and odor-causing bacteria that colonize dental unit waterline tubing from the water bottle through the handpiece water port and air/water syringe. Silver ion chemistry does not contain oxidizing agents such as iodine or chlorine that have been shown to release mercury from amalgam restorations into dental wastewater, making the straw compatible with amalgam separator Best Management Practice requirements and dental wastewater disposal regulations. Waterline water treated by the straw is safe for patients and clinical staff contact through dental unit water ports, handpiece coolant, and air/water syringe delivery throughout the treatment year. ? Dental offices transitioning away from daily waterline tablet programs find the Sterisil Straw eliminates the daily chairside tablet placement step that requires staff discipline and consistent execution across every dental unit in the practice every day, replacing it with a single annual straw installation that delivers continuous treatment without daily compliance requirements.

Office managers responsible for infection control compliance documentation find the annual replacement schedule simplifies waterline maintenance recordkeeping compared to daily tablet programs that require documentation of every treatment event across every chair. ? Sterisil Straw 365 Day Municipal Cartridge gives dental practices a silver ion-based, EPA-quantified, 365-day continuous dental unit waterline treatment solution for municipal water supplies at TDS 101 ppm or greater, with built-in shock treatment on installation, no oxidizer content for BMP compliance, and annual replacement simplicity in a single straw unit. For dental offices ordering waterline maintenance supplies and seeking to replace daily tablet protocols with a single annual treatment cartridge, the Municipal Sterisil Straw delivers the waterline purity, compliance documentation support, and maintenance simplicity that compliant dental unit water quality programs require.