NHS Grampian's faulty Central Decontamination Unit – which cleans surgical tools - is to undergo a refurbishment to help ...

The Oregon Patient Safety Commission offers a free, downloadable guideline that includes current policies and procedures for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of reusable equipment, instruments ...

State health investigators found the sterile processing department left hundreds of contaminated surgical instrument sets ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - As hospitals nationwide experience shortages in N-95 masks, Roper St. Francis Health this week launched a new decontamination process to allow their staff to reuse the masks ...

Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo., has reduced the number of nonemergent and elective procedures at the hospital after staff found cleaning and sterilization issues with some surgical ...