Patients are being put at risk due to governance gaps in the decontamination of surgical instruments in NHS hospitals, a new report by the healthcare safety watchdog has found. The investigation by ...

During a June webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review and sponsored by Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP), sterilization expert Nancy Fellows, RN, MSN, senior clinical education consultant for ...

Researchers outline the key processes affecting surgical instrument readiness, which can directly affect patient safety, according to an article published in AORN Journal. Various studies have shown ...

One of the most dangerous places to be in America is on an Operating Room table. The Leapfrog Group estimates that as many as 400,000 patients die every year due to preventable hospital errors. And if ...

A new sterilization method uses radio waves to clean surgical instruments. Radio-frequency gas-plasma cleaning, a technology used in the electronics industry, has been found useful for medical devices ...

Trays of medical devices await decontamination after use. With some surgeries now requiring more than 15 trays, hospitals are struggling for space. University of Michigan Health System An outbreak of ...

TWO reports announced in the region have highlighted the continued risk to patients from contaminated surgical instruments. A Patients Association survey among NHS managers indicates there is "chaos ...

The Department of Health in England has provided funding to encourage hospitals to enter into deals with commercial sterilisation services. The Royal College of Surgeons said the process of moving ...

Dental instruments such as endodontic reamers that are difficult to clean and should be considered as single use. Manual cleaning of dental instruments has a risk of puncture wounds, lacerations and ...

NHS Grampian said it was focusing its resources on emergency operations, C-sections and cancer care [Getty Images] More than 200 procedures have now been postponed at Aberdeen's hospitals after an ...