Discussions in Infection Control

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Category: Flash Sterilization

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Greenville Health System Settles a Lawsuit Claiming Negligence Caused a Patient’s Infection, Death

July 13, 2015 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

July 13, 2015 — South Carolina’s Greenville Health System has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of a surgical patient who died in 2014 from an unusual infection…

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The STERIS System 1E Liquid Chemical Sterilant Processing System: Looking Back and Forward

November 7, 2014 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

July 1, 2015 — Almost four years ago, on April 5, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the STERIS System 1E Liquid Chemical Sterilant Processing System, or “SS1E,”…

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Flash or Immediate Use Steam Sterilization: A Position Statement

August 22, 2014 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

This article presents the position of Lawrence F Muscarella, PhD, on the use of “immediate-use steam sterilization” (IUSS), historically known as “flash sterilization,” to process surgical instruments in or near…

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