Occam’s Razor & OR: The Simplest Solution for Reducing Bio-Burden on Surgical Tools
If surgical instruments are not cleared of bio-burden (meaning detectable biological contamination from the previous case), disaster unfolds. If a patient is harmed by exposure to a poorly processed surgical instrument, it gets out in the press; the Joint Commission descends upon the institution and everything shuts down.
Dr. Peter Nichol
December 26, 2017