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Colon and rectal surgeon Sanjiv Patankar allegedly washed and reused catheters that are inserted into patients' rectum during medical procedures. The instruments, which are used to examine patients with fecal incontinence, constipation, and other possible disorders, are supposed to be thrown away after a single use.
Patankar, who practiced in East Brunswick, [New Jersey] allegedly instructed medical assistants to wash the instruments in soapy water after use, soak them in bleach solutions, and then rinse before air-drying them. The doctor also reportedly ordered to continue using a catheter that has started to break down due to overbleaching.
In a hearing conducted Dec. 19, the state said that documented evidence appears to show that between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30, Patankar's office performed 82 procedures but only five catheters were used over that period.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by frojack on Thursday March 01 2018, @06:31PM
My question exactly.
It would seem that he followed a completely acceptable medical sterilization protocol.
http://www.ast.org/uploadedFiles/Main_Site/Content/About_Us/Standard_Decontamination_%20Surgical_Instruments_.pdf [ast.org]
https://www.henryschein.com/us-en/OBGYN/ResourceCenter/InstrumentReprocessSixSteps.aspx [henryschein.com]
Since they were not steel, autoclave was probably not an option.
Now you might suggest that the factory packaging is guaranteed to be more sterile. However, i suspect a tour of the plant would be rather alarming, and you would see that the "sterile" packaging arrives on rolls, are run through a machine with an ancient UV light as the only final sterilization step before packaging.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.