Infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals grapple with the ongoing issue of instrument contamination despite adherence to rigorous reprocessing practices and manufacturer guidelines. Two recent studies, spotlighted in The Journal of Hospital Infection and American Journal of Infection Control, present alarming instances of contamination in new endoscopes and cleaned lumened surgical instruments and shed light…
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust (GSTT), an NHS (National Health Service) Trust within the UK health system, has admitted to operating a perilously unsafe system when four premature newborns were incidentally fed with contaminated baby food. This admission surfaced during an ongoing inquest into the death of one of the affected infants.
Dr William Newsholme, a…