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 ...

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital in Gainesville, which shut down procedures earlier this year to address equipment sterilization issues, has resumed all surgical operations. “We are performing ...

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, ...

Northern Arizona Healthcare is reducing the number of surgeries performed at Flagstaff Medical Center, focusing on urgent and ...

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 ...

The federal government is cracking down on a widely used sterilization agent for medical devices, drawing concern from the medtech industry and cheers from environmental advocates. Last month, the ...

Following an investigation into unclean surgical tools, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare found that multiple ...

The Care New England hospital network said Thursday that repairs have been made to the heating and cooling system at Women & Infants Hospital, allowing it to resume sterilization of instruments in ...

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 ...

In November 2004, 31-year-old veterinary technician Tracy Krelling was performing sterilization work at Regent’s Hospital in ...