Items that are sterilized in an autoclave are not considered sterilized unless the sterilizer complies with state regulations. CWRU often asks that material be sterilized in an autoclave to make them ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

To protect patients against contagious diseases and infections, sterile and clean procedural and surgical hospital utensils is imperative. Therefore, central sterilization service departments (CSSDs) ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Behind every successful surgical team is a sterile processing department managing the delicate balance between ensuring that equipment is appropriately reprocessed ...

Making sure that procedural and surgical hospital utentils are totally sterile and clean is vital in order to protect patients against contagious diseases and infections. To achieve this, Central ...

The Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology provides a biologic sterilizer monitoring service. It involves monitoring heat sterilizers using a biologic indicator to test the effectiveness of the ...

A solar-driven autoclave could sterilize medical equipment at low cost in remote locations. Here, a prototype device is evaluated in a "real world" situation set up in a field research site in Mumbai, ...