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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The following article is written by Matt Smith, marketing analyst for Healthmark Industries Co. Conducting weekly tests to ensure your instrument washer is functioning properly has become increasingly ...

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 ...