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Impact of Hydraulic Fluid on the Sterilization of Surgical Instruments Were Affected Patients Told of the True Infection Risk?

January 4, 2013 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

January 4, 2013 — Two community hospitals in North Carolina in 2004 unwittingly used a oil-based hydraulic fluid instead of a detergent to “clean” surgical instruments prior to terminal sterilization…

Impact of Hydraulic Fluid on the Sterilization of Surgical Instruments Were Affected Patients Told of the True Infection Risk?

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