Society for Healthcare Epidemiology: Poor Cleaning Can Jeopardize Sterilization of Medical Tools
February 27, 2020
February 27, 2020
NEW YORK, Feb. 27 -- The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America issued the following news release:
Vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) failed to completely sterilize surgical tools 76 percent of the time when the tools were soiled with salts or blood and not cleaned prior to sterilization, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
"While sterilization tec . . .
Vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) failed to completely sterilize surgical tools 76 percent of the time when the tools were soiled with salts or blood and not cleaned prior to sterilization, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
"While sterilization tec . . .