Outpatient Surgery Magazine

Give Your Patients the VIP Treatment - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine - May 2018

Outpatient Surgery Magazine, providing current information on Surgical Services, Surgical Facility Administration, Outpatient Surgery News and Trends, OR Excellence and more.

Issue link: http://outpatientsurgery.uberflip.com/i/980171

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 27 of 102

many times it could be reused." About time Many of the sterilization principles that manufacturers based their IFUs on were laid out back in the 60s and 70s, when phaco first came out, says Jeffrey Whitman, MD, of the Key Whitman Eye Center in Dallas, Texas, a member of the Ophthalmic Instrument Cleaning and Sterilization Task Force, whose mission was to compile evidence and conduct studies that would bring these recommendations into the 21st century. "At the end of the day, all that matters is what's safe for patients," says Dr. Whitman. "Short-cycle sterilization is safe and efficient, and enzymes are not safe for our specialty. These specialty-specific guidelines provide evidence that these practices save administrators and physicians time and aggravation, and are safe for the patient." OSM Infection Prevention IP 2 8 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • M A Y 2 0 1 8

Articles in this issue

Archives of this issue

view archives of Outpatient Surgery Magazine - Give Your Patients the VIP Treatment - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine - May 2018