Dover, N.H.-based Wentworth-Douglass Hospital had to postpone or move surgeries to its surgery center after sterilization equipment malfunctioned in its operating room in July, seacoastonline.com ...

Jan Davidson, RN, MSN, the new AORN perioperative education specialist who has a focus on ambulatory surgery centers, discusses six common misconceptions about proper sterilization in ASCs. 1.

Sterilization cases and trays are vital for minimizing infection risks in healthcare settings. Well-thought-out container systems ensure the sterilization process successfully kills residual microbes ...

Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital has diverted or paused nearly all elective surgeries in the last week due to concerns about the water used in sterilizing instruments, the Press ...

Though neither doctors nor their patients like to talk about it, voluntary sterilization has become one of the most popular operations in the U.S. Statistics pile up behind a veil of silence, but best ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Immediate-use steam sterilization during orthopedic surgery may not increase surgical site infection rates among ...

Employees at Women & Infants Hospital say a broken heating and cooling system in the basement is making it impossible to properly sterilize medical equipment. An employee, who spoke with NBC 10 ...