The package consisted of designated cleaners specifically trained to clean and disinfect sensitive medical equipment. Normally, the cleaning of shared equipment is the responsibility of clinical ...

But if EPA does not, this we do know: ethylene oxide does an excellent job in cleaning medical equipment; our bodies make it daily at levels that are well above EPA’s older safe level ...

Last month, the Wexner Medical Center opened the first freestanding facility in Ohio dedicated to cleaning surgical equipment. The 62,000-square-foot building on Kenny Road has the capacity to ...

Cleaning and Sterilization products such as ... anesthesia and respiratory equipment, cystoscopes, esophageal manometry probes, laryngoscope blades, and diaphragm fitting rings, and noncritical ...

Educating hospital cleaning staff, focusing on knowledge ... they were more comfortable donning/doffing personal protective equipment after the program, while 96 percent said they were more ...

The problem dates to April, when one of seven sterilization technicians working at the hospital failed to complete one step in a multistep cleaning process of surgical equipment, according to a ...

what exactly qualifies as hospital-grade? “The best disinfectants for viruses are alcohol, bleach, hydrogen peroxide, and quaternary ammonium compounds,” says Melissa Homer, Chief Cleaning ...