An outbreak of surgical site infections following craniotomy procedures associated with a change in the ultrasonic surgical aspirator decontamination process

Publication date: Available online 26 December 2016
Source:American Journal of Infection Control
Author(s): Caroline Sheitoyan-Pesant, Isabelle Alarie, Christian Iorio-Morin, David Mathieu, Alex Carignan
We investigated an outbreak of surgical site infections that occurred in a tertiary care hospital in Quebec, Canada. This investigation revealed that a change in the sterilization process of the ultrasonic surgical aspirator may have caused this outbreak. It emphasizes the fact that the complex designs of surgical power tools may restrict access to cleaning and sterilization agents. Health care professionals should review manufacturers' assembly/disassembly instructions and sterilization/decontamination procedures before use of such tools.



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