Healthmark Industries Launches Free, Educational Resource on Cleaning Surgical Tools Healthmark Industries, which develops products for the sterilization, decontamination, storage and security of ...

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 ...

Hospitals use a multistep process to clean metal surgical instruments. Typical steps include: * Soaking in water immediately after use in the operating room. * Rinsing and disinfecting. * Washing by ...

Central service professionals are being celebrated for their important role and commitment to patient safety during the annual International Central Service Week, October 12-18. The International ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Officials at Porter Adventist Hospital first learned of possible trouble with its processes for cleaning surgical instruments as early as last April, when a ...

Bayou Surgical, innovators in intraoperative visualization, today announces the launch of its new 5mm troCarWash™ system — the newest and most advanced automated laparoscope cleaning solution designed ...

Vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) failed to completely sterilize surgical tools 76% of the time when the tools were soiled with salts or blood and not cleaned prior to sterilization, according to a ...