Any and all steps taken by you and your staff to reduce the risk of an instrument contaminated with organic debris being returned to surgery will help reduce the risk of a patient contracting...
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...
