Sterile processing & infection control blog — page 12

An introduction to the important processes of cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization in hospitals.

Illness used to be a mystery before the invention of microscopes. Today we use autoclaves to prevent the spread of illness.

La enfermedad solía ser un misterio antes de la invención del microscopio. Hoy en día utilizamos microscópios para prevenir la difusión de enfermedades.

What is an autoclave? How does an autoclave work? We'll focus on the autoclave sterilization cycle process and walk you through the different autoclave cycle stages.

Tuttnauer technical training was held on October 12th to 22nd, 2015 for our Latin American technicians. Ten days of intensive training that turned the technicians into autoclave experts. The training was in Cancun, a renowned tourist destination in southeastern Mexico, located on the Caribbean Sea, a beautiful setting that put us into the right state of mind.

3M’s European production and sales are headquartered in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, where the company’s Dyneon subsidiary manufactures such semi-finished products as adhesive for Post-it® notes and Scotch® tape, inert chemicals for cooling and cleaning of electronic and computer parts, paint components, and fluoroelastomers, which are used in the auto industry.

In recent years we have all seen the news articles and programs about problems with medical devices that were used on patients that were not adequately cleaned. Inadequate cleaning of medical devices is a complex issue that has many potential causes.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, but some parts are certainly greater than others. The autoclave chamber, for instance, is the heart of the autoclave.

Donating an Autoclave to an Eye Surgery Hospital in Haiti