Hospital Sterilization Articles
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Why Sterile Packaging is Crucial for Medical Devices
Patients who need medical treatment often fear being exposed to harmful germs and unsanitary instruments. Just the thought of a healthcare provider using an unsterilized surgical device or needle is enough to make people feel queasy. As a result, patients find it reassuring to watch a clinician remove healthcare devices from sterile packaging before starting a procedure. Sterile packaging ...
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Healthcare Packaging Validation: Assuring Patient Safety
Sterile medical packaging plays a vital role in protecting patients from harmful bacteria and viruses. However, many processes can damage the integrity of sterile packaging as products move through the supply chain. Improper sterilization techniques, mishandling during shipping, and other mishaps can degrade packaging and cause loss of sterility. Regulatory agencies require all sterile packaging ...
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Your Guide to Stock Your Wound Care Kit
Effective wound care with the help of a fully equipped wound care kit is very important both in the hospital and at home. The ability to respond quickly and efficiently to injuries is critical not only to impact a patient's recovery but also to prevent complications and potentially save lives. Whether in a medical setting or in everyday life, having a well-equipped wound care kit is critical for ...
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How Sterile Storage Cabinets Protect Your Medical Supplies Through Multiple Levels of Functionality
Maintaining sterile storage conditions is necessary to protect medical instruments, drugs, surgical implants, and other equipment from contaminants. ARON guidelines on sterilization are straightforward: temperatures should not exceed 72°F (22°C) to 78°F (26°C), relative humidity should not exceed 60%, and airflow should be positive pressure with at least four total air changes per ...
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Sterilizing Medical Devices Using Ethylene Oxide
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 48.3 million procedures were performed at hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers in the United States in 2010. Healthcare providers and patient advocates understand that infection prevention requires meticulous sanitation and sterilization of all facilities, equipment, and instruments used in surgery settings. According to the World ...
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Storing Sterile Medical Supplies: It’s About Controlling the Environment
It is incumbent on hospitals and other medical facilities to maintain sterility wherever needed to keep patients and staff safe. This goes for operating and exam rooms. Healthcare institutions must also safely store surgical scrubs, head covers, sterile surgical implants, equipment, and medication. The goal is to protect these items from contaminants like dust, viruses, and bacteria so they ...
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The difference between medical examination and surgical gloves
Medical gloves are gloves used for medical protection to prevent cross infection between doctors and patients and protect doctors' hands from injury. Medical gloves are made of natural latex, which is highly fit to the skin of the hand and provides superior comfort. Latex, nitrile, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride and other materials can be used to make medical gloves, among which nitrile gloves ...
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Viable SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant detected in aerosols in a residential setting with a self-isolating college student with COVID-19
Highlights Viable Delta Variant SARS-CoV-2 collected from air samples in a residential environment. SARS-CoV-2 detected in an area of a single-family dwelling distant from an isolation suite occupied by COVID-19 patient. Assessment of air samples and surface swab samples by rRT-qPCR and cell culture for SARS-CoV-2. Employment of air samplers functioning based on different collection ...
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The COVID-19 crisis hit the world health sector – Italian Aosta Valley Regional Hospital searched for the most effective solution - Case Study
During the Covid-19 emergency, from March to April 2020, up to 9 departments dedicated to the care of patients affected by corona were set up in the Aosta Valley regional hospital and the resuscitation places were tripled The staff of the Aosta Valley Hospital consists of more than 2,100 employees with 310 doctors and 700 nurses 127 beds and 28 resuscitation places dedicated to Covid-19 ...
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Fighting against MERS in Saudi Arabian central hospitals - Case Study
Damman Central Hospital Located in Dammam, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia A Government hospital, under Ministry of Health KSA Number of beds: 451 Challenge When the MERS epidemic struck Saudi Arabia, hospitals were not ready for the amount of patients that desperately needed isolation rooms. That was not the only challenge they were facing. In addition, existing isolation rooms ...
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I)Video Management (VM) for operating theatres: Is there a standard need?
Part 1: Identify the real need Today hospitals, and in particular operating theaters, have become hubs of innovation. There is a real proliferation of solutions, functions and various technologies, with manufacturers, resellers or suppliers offering tailor-made and sometimes scalable solutions. These solutions are often captive and proprietary and do not always allow you to compose your own ...
By ISIS S.A.S
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5 Key Considerations for Patient Monitoring during a Pandemic
The use of patient monitoring has surged during COVID-19. Here’s what health providers should know about patient monitoring during a pandemic, and beyond. The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the way care is delivered on a fundamental level. What was once an up-and-coming tool for improved care delivery — namely, advanced patient monitoring technology — is now at the forefront of ...
By EarlySense
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The Importance of Surgical and Medical Asepsis
It goes without saying that when entering a hospital, it is expected that the hospital is clean, sterile, and both patients and the healthcare workers are protected from harmful contamination. To accomplish this level of cleanliness, medical professionals follow a strict series of practices and procedures known as the aseptic technique. Correctly implemented, this technique creates conditions ...
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How to Properly Clean Medical Devices
When it comes to medical devices cleanliness is crucial. All medical devices, whether they are disposable, implantable or reusable, must be cleaned during the manufacturing process to remove oil, grease, fingerprints and other manufacturing soils. Reusable products must also be thoroughly cleaned and sterilized between each use to avoid infecting patients or causing illness. Reaching the right ...
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High concentrations of Aldehydes can be found in the hospital environment
Both Formaldehyde and Glutaraldehyde are found in the hospital environment at higher concentrations than those to which the general population is exposed. Their possible adverse health effects are therefore very important to those working in certain parts of hospitals and to patients whose health status may be compromised. Both compounds are irritants and can cause sensitisation. Glutaraldehyde ...
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Exhaled air dispersion distances during noninvasive ventilation via different Respironics face masks
Abstract Background: As part of our influenza pandemic preparedness, we studied the exhaled air dispersion distances and directions through two different face masks (Respironics; Murrysville, PA) attached to a human-patient simulator (HPS) during noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) in an isolation room with pressure of -5 Pa. Methods: The HPS was positioned at 45 degrees on ...
By Inspir Labs
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