Incidence of residual biologic debris and contamination of reused bipolar vessel sealing devices after ethylene oxide sterilization following splenectomy
Increased risk of iatrogenic surgical site contamination from reused vessel sealing devices is unlikely when they have been cleaned and sterilized with ethylene oxide after up to four splenectomy surgeries.
Authors
- Galina M. Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1365-3284)
- Nicole J. Buote (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4623-3582)
- Christian A. Folk
- Dennis E. Socha
Institutions
- Cornell University (US)
- New York State College of Veterinary Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Veterinary Surgery
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.14153
- Primary Topic
- Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00