Journal of Infectious Diseases & Preventive Medicine
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-8731
ISSN: 2329-8731
Department of Infection Prevention and Control Division, Al Khalidi Medical Center, Jordan
Research Article
Clinical Outcome with the Use of the Reprocessed Single-Use Devices in Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Author(s): Jamal Wadi Al-Ramahi*, Mahmoud Al-Qaimari and Haifa Petro RN
Background: Most studies focused on the cost and the environmental effects of the reprocessed single-use devices (SUDs), rarely on their clinical effects. We aim to evaluate the reprocessed SUDs use safety.
Methods: A prospective charts review between January 2017-August 2018 was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Amman, Jordan. The hospital has a policy to re-sterilize the SUDs up to three times not based on an evidence but was based on staff observations/opinions of the cardiac catheterization (CC) supervisors, central sterilization and supply department, and the infection control department staff. Reprocessed SUDs were colormarked for ranks. The CC laboratory supervisor who collected data was aware of the ongoing study and the infection prevention and control coordinators. Our primary measure was CC-related adverse events; fever, se.. View More»