Healthcare providers are exposed to medical waste and contaminated instruments on a daily basis. Appropriate handling, moving and disposal of the contaminated instruments is crucial to maintain ...

Reacting to a San Antonio Express-News investigation, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said a report that surgical instruments contaminated with human tissue had made it into Brooke Army Medical Center ...

On Monday, five sets of contaminated surgical instruments forced surgeons at Brooke Army Medical Center to delay a trauma surgery, according to internal communications reviewed by the San Antonio ...

In over 20 years as a safety professional, many scenarios have presented persistent and preventable risks. One of the most concerning is exposure to bloodborne pathogens (BBPs) in healthcare settings.

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

It happens more often than any of us would like to think. A patient enters a healthcare facility for a minor procedure, but leaves with a much more severe issue to contend with after he or she has ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Nearly 1% of all surgical instruments in hospitals nationwide are rejected before they get to the operating room. They’re screened for blemishes left over from the sterilization ...

State inspectors have revealed that UCHealth’s University of Colorado Hospital’s week-long shutdown of nonemergency surgeries came after they found dozens of contaminated surgical instruments caked ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Staffing shortages in University of Colorado Hospital’s sterilization department were so acute this summer that state inspectors reported finding trays of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Problems with sterilizing medical instruments, like the Aurora VA hospital recently acknowledged, are relatively common in Colorado, but the decision to halt ...