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 ...

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 ...

Patient safety depends on properly cleaned, disinfected and sterilized medical instruments and devices — any slip-up can result in cross-contamination of patients. It’s a critical and complex task, ...

Mercy Regional Medical Center has cut back on all nonemergent and elective procedures after hospital staff members discovered cleaning and sterilization issues with some surgical equipment. “We know ...

Duodenoscopes have sickened hundreds of patients in hospital outbreaks. Now some experts are demanding the devices be redesigned or taken off the market. A colored X-ray of gallstones (orange) in a ...

Correction, Feb. 29, 1:09pm: Due to incorrect information received from contributors to two bills before the New York State Assembly, the Center for Public Integrity inaccurately described a labor ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Roudebush VA Medical Center usually performs hundreds of surgeries every month, but 13 Investigates has learned some of those surgeries have been put on hold – and a special ...

More than 60 patients are suing a Denver hospital, alleging its failure to adequately clean surgical tools resulted in “hundreds of severe infections” and at least one death. In April 2018, state ...