Decontamination is a process of eliminating infectious organisms or other harmful substances that include cleaning, disinfection, and/or sterilizations of reusable medical devices to minimize the risk of transmission of infectious agents. The best practices for cleaning, Disinfection and sterilization in healthcare is managed by the Provincial Infectious advisory committee. Following the appropriate procedures decreases infection and contamination rates which provides for positive outcomes to patient care otherwise, HAIs may occur including failure of facilities and personnel to utilize proper decontaminated techniques. The sterilization process is completed manually or by a machine .Some instruments and devices are very delicate such as Microsurgical Instruments, Robotic Instrument, Power Equipment and other instrument that cannot tolerate automated cleaning process. All instrument and devices should be clean according to the manufacture's instruction for use (IFU). …show more content…
Lack of communication within staffing, inadequate training, instruments not well package and unwrap items received from an outside facilities. Preoperative Nurses are responsible for counting instruments before and after procedures.
To prevent dirty instruments left in operating room or procedure room, workflow begins in the operation room, all soiled items from operating room must be safely transported or return by the surgical staff case carts to the decontaminations area after surgical procedures from point of use to the decontamination area without cross contaminating the environment. However, contaminated items are placed in designated holding area to be picked up by central service technicians at designated time by doing so dirty instruments will not be found in the operating