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The new guidelines, standards, and regulations worldwide show a clear trend to terminally sterilizing all types of endoscopes used in invasive applications and considered critical, in order to guarantee the highest safety levels for patients and CSSD workers. Terminal...

MIEC Studies Department Having staff trained in reprocessing units is essential to prevent hospital-acquired infections. Training indirectly ensures patient safety during and after surgery. The implementation of a comprehensive quality management system, as well as...

Patient safety is the compromise of the treating physician and his staff to the patient, who relies on his knowledge, experience and technology.The structure and complexity of flexible endoscopes often make them critical MPs (Spaulding). For blood contact and work in...

"Prion" is a term used to describe the mysterious infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases found in mammals. The word itself derives from 'proteinaceous infectious particle' and was first coined in 1982 by Stanley B. Prusiner (winner of the...