The information provided by the manufacturer serves as THE BASIS FOR PROCESSING
each and every medical device (MD) and makes stringent demands on
the organizational skills of a Reprocessing Unit for Medical Devices (RUMED) [1]
with regard to the practicability and implementation of such processing measures.
The revision of EN ISO 17664:2017 is an opportune moment to examine the
changes made to the standard as well as their implications for everyday practice.
This present publication also updates Recommendation 46 of the Quality Task
Group.

Part 4: Visual inspection, maintenance and functional testing of standard atraumatic clamps

Cardiff, 16 – 17 April 2018

The washer-disinfectors regulated by standard EN ISO 15883-3 [1] are also known
colloquially as BEDPAN WASHER-DISINFECTORS. The terms automatic bedpan
washers or faecal washers are also occasionally used. These washer-disinfectors
(WDs) are primarily designed and intended for disposal of faeces together with
reprocessing of the associated containers such as urine bottles, bedpans and toilet
commode buckets.

10th Hamburg Symposium of Chemische Fabrik Dr. Weigert GmbH, 22 February 2018

London, 21 – 22 February 2018

The Committee for Hygiene, Construction and Technology (FA HBT) of the German Society of Sterile Supply (DGSV) together with the DGSV board invited experts to meetings in 2016 and 2017 to discuss in detail the topic of control of environmental conditions in a Reprocessing Unit for Medical Devices (RUMED).

Instruments baskets made from sheet metal (compared to wires) protect instruments better but drying and cleaning performance are frequently controversially discussed. This study compares drying of loads of 50 standard instruments in wire and sheet metals baskets under different drying temperatures and times, with and without rinse aid (different formulas and dosages). The weight difference is measured before and after cleaning in repeated cycles.

Special Issue: Hospital Hygiene in Europe

CONTENT:
B. Lytsy - Infection Prevention and Control in Sweden
P. Parneix - Healthcare-associated infection prevention in France
A. Asensio, M. Cantero - Hospital Hygiene in Spain
S. Brusaferro, L. Arnoldo - Infection Control and Hospital Hygiene in Italy: state of the art and perspectives
P. Bergervoet - Infection prevention in hospitals and nursing homes in the Netherlands
S. Brusaferro, L. Arnoldo - Infection prevention and control in Europe: the role of EUNETIPS

The high prevalence of hepatitis B and C in the Mongolian population is imputed not least to inadequate reprocessing of the medical devices used.
For the purpose of the current study conducted in 77 healthcare institutions in Mongolia, 105 autoclaves, three ethylene oxide (EO) sterilizers, one formaldehyde (FO) and one plasma (H2O2)
sterilizer were investigated with biological indicators. 8 % of the autoclaves and two of the three EO sterilizers showed unsatisfactory performance. The H2O2 and FO sterilizers tested inactivated the biological indicators.

IDSc Conference, 27 – 29 November 2017 in Blackpool
Like every year at the end of autumn, the members of the Institute of Decontamination Sciences met for their annual
conference in Blackpool. This year, however, the event was special, because the IDSc celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Process challenge devices (PCDs) according to Annex 9 of the Guideline are used for the process control of the overall reprocessing efficacy for thermolabile endoscopes. The analysis of these PCDs is sophisticated and requires a microbiological laboratory. These PCDs are therefore not appropriate for routine controls in central sterile departments.