Process-independent quantitative assessment of residual biological contamination of medical devices reprocessed in washer-disinfectors

Abstract

A new simple method was developed for determining residual biological contamination of surgical instruments after passage through hospital washer-disinfectors. The efficiency of the method is analyzed along with possible sources of errors and deviations.

Keywords

• Process-independent
• quantitative
• assessment
• residual
• biological
• contamination
• medical
• devices
• reprocessed
• washer-disinfectors