On Monday, five sets of contaminated surgical instruments forced surgeons at Brooke Army Medical Center to delay a trauma surgery, according to internal communications reviewed by the San Antonio ...
The following article is written by Matt Smith, marketing analyst for Healthmark Industries Co. There is nothing more challenging to effective cleaning than receiving instruments in the ...
POCATELLO — Following an investigation into unclean surgical tools, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare found that multiple surgical patients nearly came in contact with tissue fragments left ...
The Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital is dealing with problems caused by unsanitary surgical instruments, an issue that Brooke Army Medical Center also has been facing since last spring. At ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Nearly 1% of all surgical instruments in hospitals nationwide are rejected before they get to the operating room. They’re screened for blemishes left over from the sterilization ...
State inspectors have revealed that UCHealth’s University of Colorado Hospital’s week-long shutdown of nonemergency surgeries came after they found dozens of contaminated surgical instruments caked ...
ROCKVILLE, Md., October 5, 2023 – Spartan Medical Inc., a veteran-owned medical solutions company, is launching a campaign to raise awareness about the consequences of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) ...
Proper management of resources as well efficient and effective cleaning, assembling and sterilizing of surgical instruments are imperative to a well functioning perioperative service line. Alpha ...
MADISON - University Hospital has notified 53 neurosurgery patients that they are at "extremely low" risk of contracting a deadly brain disorder because of possible exposure to contaminated surgical ...