As of mid-December, the department processed more than 217,600 items Staff performs about 40,700 hours of surgery annually Ideal turnaround from contaminated to sterile is six hours In the basement of ...

"Single Use Surgical Instruments Market by Product (Handheld Surgical Instrument, Electrosurgical Instrument, Endoscopic Instrument), Application (General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery), Care Setting ...

A new report warns nearly 800 people have had surgical instruments left in them following a procedure since 2005, putting them at risk for serious harm. The report comes from The Joint Commission, a ...

Microscopic shards of steel can puncture surgical gloves or become dislodged inside patients Substandard surgical tools from Pakistan are putting UK patients at risk of potentially deadly injury and ...

The management of surgical instruments poses a unique challenge to health-care workers. The tools are small and easy to lose when being cleaned or sanitized, or during use in surgery, yet a mistake ...

One of the challenges of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery lies in getting surgical instruments into the patient's body via a narrow catheter. Scientists have set about addressing that problem, ...