2. Observing best-practice standards is essential for cleaning properly and preventing infections. Following best practices for each step in the orthopedic reprocessing cycle, from point-of-use in the ...

Advances in minimally invasive surgery have enabled patients to visit outpatient gastrointestinal facilities for procedures rather than hospital operating rooms. Infection prevention is a top priority ...

The Minnesota Department of Health has issued a memo to healthcare facilities regarding proper reprocessing of endoscopes. According to the memo, several healthcare facilities have contacted the ...

Objective. To assess the performance and limitations of a reprocessing protocol for nonlumen electrophysiology catheters by testing the sterility of reprocessed devices and defining the maximum number ...

Preliminary results from the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) mandated postmarket surveillance studies of duodenoscopes show "higher-than-expected" contamination rates after reprocessing. In ...

On 23 July 2019, the European Commission published the draft Commission Implementing Regulation (hereafter “Draft”) regarding Common Specifications for the reprocessing of single-use medical devices.