Case study on the orientation of phaco hand pieces during steam sterilization processes

The Journal of Hospital Infection
J P C M van Doornmalen Gomez HoyosH W J M van Doornmalen

Abstract

Steam sterilization is an essential part of infection prevention. The literature shows that sterilization of medical instruments containing channels is not trivial. Phaco hand pieces have a simple configuration: a device contains a channel with a constant radius. No literature was found indicating whether the sterilization conditions on the inner surface of a phaco hand piece are influenced by the orientation of the hand piece. To determine whether the orientation of a phaco hand piece influences the results of a sterilization process of this device. A qualitative case study, including experiments, is performed with a protocolled combination of steam sterilizer, process, phaco hand piece, orientation of the phaco hand piece, and wrapping. In this specific case, the orientation of the hand piece influenced the result of the steam sterilization process; in vertically (upright) oriented phaco hand pieces with free water drainage, sterilization conditions are reproducibly established. In the same process, in horizontally oriented or vertically oriented hand pieces without free drainage, these conditions are not established in a reproducible way. In the investigated combination of sterilizer, process, load, loading pattern and wrapp...Continue Reading

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Mar 4, 2008·American Journal of Infection Control·Joost van Doornmalen, Klaas Kopinga
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Dec 3, 2013·The Review of Scientific Instruments·J P C M van Doornmalen, K Kopinga

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May 1, 2016·American Journal of Infection Control·Craig A Wallace
Jul 28, 2016·The Journal of Hospital Infection·R A C van WezelJ P C M van Doornmalen Gomez Hoyos
Aug 18, 2018·AORN Journal·Lisa Hauk
May 29, 2019·AORN Journal·Terri Link

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