Evaluation of reprocessing medical devices in 14 German regional hospitals and at 27 medical practitioners' offices within the European context - consequences for European harmonization

• Main Authors: Thiede, Birgit (Author), Kramer, Axel (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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[english] Safe reprocessing of medical devices through cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization is essential for the prevention of health care associated infections (HAI) and to guarantee patient safety. Several studies detected residual contamination and even severe infections of patients, despite...