Orthopedic and spine surgery patients at Denver-based Porter Adventist Hospital were at added risk for surgical site infections or exposure to hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV due to inadequate ...

Mercy Hospital in Durango no longer offers tubal ligations, the female sterilization procedure known as getting one’s tubes tied, at the time of cesarean sections. The hospital stopped providing the ...

In the week since Seattle Children’s Hospital revealed to the public that the required cleaning processes for instruments at their Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center were not consistently followed, ...

An investigation at Carilion Roanoke (Va.) Memorial Hospital revealed sterilization issues with surgical equipment that reportedly occurred between March and September 2023, Cardinal News reported ...

Purpose: The efficacy of hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid as isolator sterilization agents was compared. Results: In an efficacy test conducted with an empty isolator, the sterilization time ...

GOSHEN – A northern Indiana hospital has alerted more than 1,000 surgery patients who may have been exposed to hepatitis, HIV and other infectious diseases due to a sterilization failure. Goshen ...

Staffing shortages in University of Colorado Hospital’s sterilization department were so acute this summer that state inspectors reported finding trays of surgical tools caked in blood and tissue that ...

ChemDAQ, Inc., a global leader in workplace gas monitoring and chemical safety, is proud to announce the launch of a new continuing education course: "Clearing the Air: Achieving AAMI Compliance for ...

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora will resume all surgeries on Monday after figuring out and repairing problems with its on-site steam sterilization equipment. In May, officials ...

IRVINE, Calif., June 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) today announced it has received FDA clearance for its 30-minute STERRAD VELOCITY ™ Biological Indicator (BI) System.