Cleaning is a crucial first step to sterilizing surgical instruments, as there is no such thing as sterile dirt, and sonic cleaners are a popular way to get complicated instruments clean. Nearly all ...

In certain types of reusable medical devices, inadequate reprocessing between patients can result in the retention of soil or blood, tissue, and other biological debris, according to FDA. Such debris ...

Patient safety depends on properly cleaned, disinfected and sterilized medical instruments and devices — any slip-up can result in cross-contamination of patients. It’s a critical and complex task, ...

Officials at Porter Adventist Hospital first learned of possible trouble with its processes for cleaning surgical instruments as early as last April, when a doctor in the middle of a spine operation ...

Manual cleaning is part of the process before sterilising surgical instruments Almost 1,500 surgeries and appointments have been postponed due to NHS Grampian's faulty Central Decontamination Unit ...

They are CRDAMC's invisible gladiators of patient safety, tasked with a nasty mission: infection prevention. Whether dressed head to toe in personal protective gear or huddled over desks peering ...