Evaluation of single-use reprocessed laparoscopic instrument sterilization Evaluación de la esterilidad del instrumental laparoscópico descartable reprocesado Avaliação da esterilidade do instrumental laparoscópico de uso único reprocessado

• Main Authors: Cristiane de Lion Botero Couto Lopes (Author), Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano (Author), Terezinha de Jesus Andreoli Pinto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

This experimental, comparative, laboratory study evaluated the effectiveness of the sterilization of single-use laparoscopic instruments - SULIs (grasper, dissector, scissors, Veress needle and electrosurgical probe system), after contamination-challenge with bacterial spores and sheep blood, and co...