Immediate Use Steam Sterilization and the Effect on Surgical Site Infections in an Acute Care Facility

• Main Authors: Casey Lewis (Author), Victoria Crall (Author), Graham Snyder (Author), Ashley Ayres (Author), Avisha Risnear (Author), Jason Miller (Author), Joanne Sherer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Immediate use steam sterilization (IUSS) shortens the time from sterilization to the aseptic transfer onto the surgical sterile field. Published data incompletely defines the extent to which IUSS increases risk of surgical site infection (SSI), compared to standard sterile reprocessing m...