This article is a repost from the #IFUCan blog hosted on Linked In. The first two paragraphs are teased below,...

The No. 1 responsibility of everyone involved in reusable medical device reprocessing is to minimize the risk of patient harm caused by a device that remains contaminated with organic debris...

Earlier this year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was made aware of the potential to misinterpret colored hydrogen peroxide indicator strips used to validate vapor sterilization of medical...

There has been increased scrutiny on sterile processing departments regarding their practices for cleaning and sterilizing reusable surgical instruments and other medical devices.. The situation is complicated by the variances...

Recently the FDA conducted a public advisory committee meeting to comment on the feasibility of various strategies to reduce (or completely eliminate) ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions from large-scale, medical device...

The primary responsibility of everyone involved in reusable medical device reprocessing is to minimize the risk of a surgical infection caused by a device that remains contaminated with organic debris...

In Part I of this blog  we pointed out that “The #1 responsibility of everyone involved in reusable medical device processing is to minimize the risk of patient harm...

The #1 responsibility of everyone involved in reusable medical device processing is to minimize the risk of patient harm caused by a device that remains contaminated with organic debris after...

Over the past several years this blog has frequently addressed the many problems caused by contaminated duodenoscopes. According to a recent study, data from three major hospitals documented the fact...

In Part I of this blog we discussed the fact that several reusable device manufacturers claim that their cleaning and sterilization IFUs are ‘validated.’ We then raised two important...