Medical devices decontamination, a new perspective For a day in Dublin, almost 300 delegates are going to discuss “Decontamination – It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you …
Hard work pays off
After weeks of hard work, the moment has arrived: we have finally revealed the new uSonic washer. Just in time for the 4-day conference with potential distributors from Belgium and …
Internal affairs – cleaning the bloody mess (the one about washer disinfector cycle optimisation)
Everyone talks about optimising washer disinfector cycles and I have presented my holistic approach to the subject before in the Volume 19, No. 2 issue of this journal. Since that …
Prewash, Mainwash and Greenwash – sustainability in decontamination context
This is really a continuation of the line of thinking from one of my first blogs/articles entitled “process versus result”. This time explored through sustainability, a big word that is …
Elusive cost of risk
From some time I have been researching, or shall I rather say trying to research the concept of risk associated with infection transmission through inadequately decontaminated surgical instruments. So far …
Robots, robots everywhere!
Picking up on my presentation at IDSc Conference in Blackpool, I wanted to expand on the thought of introducing robotics and automation into the decontamination environment. And at the beginning, …
Antibiotic resistant bacteria and decontamination – food for thought
As it cannot be denied that infection can result from environmental conditions and can be caught anywhere it is often forgotten that pathogenic microorganisms could have been planted in …
Process versus the result
Washer disinfectors follow strict processes to deliver clean and safe to handle instruments ready for sterilization. Over the years I have been looking into different designs of washer disinfectors but …
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