Category: Flash Sterilization

Root Cause Analysis of a Medical Error

By: Lawrence F Muscarella, PhD; updated: 10/29/2014: The article “Other Possible Causes of a Well-Publicized Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Following Arthroscopy in Texas” by Lawrence F Muscarella, PhD, was published…

Study of an Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Following Arthroscopy in Texas in 2009

By: Lawrence F Muscarella PhD; posted 6-12-2013, updated 8-5-2014 An article by Lawrence F Muscarella, PhD, entitled article “Other Possible Causes of a Well-Publicized Outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Following Arthroscopy…

Association of Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome (TASS) with Ophthalmic Instrument Sterilization

This article focuses on risk factors, including the reprocessing of ophthalmic instruments, for the eye disorder known as TASS, or toxic anterior segment syndrome. (This article is based on a…