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ARE YOUPUTTINGYOUR PATIENTSAT RISK?

You may have thought you were protecting your patients by using rigid containers to sterilize your instruments. But a recent independent study showed – after terminal sterilization – 87% of rigid containers do not maintain sterility through transport and handling.2 Shockingly, even new rigid containers showed contamination.3

Concerned about the potential risk for your facility and patients? Download this important study – the 2nd in this decade to show similar findings – at:

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OF RIGID CONTAINERSTESTED POSITIVEFOR BACTERIALCONTAMINATION

NEW INDEPENDENT STUDY1 SHOWS THAT AFTER TERMINAL STERILIZATION,

87%

Research was funded by Halyard Health, Inc. and conducted by Applied Research Associates, an international research laboratory. Halyard Health did not have any direct involvement in execution of the study. The study took place in an independent laboratory in Panama City, Florida, and the study was conducted by independent researchers.1 Harry L. Shaffer MS†, Delbert A. Harnish MS†, Michael McDonald MS, Reid A. Vernon BS, Brian K. Heimbuch MS†. Sterility maintenance study: Dynamic evaluation of sterilized rigid containers and wrappedinstrument trays to prevent bacterial ingress. Am J Infect Control. 2015 Dec;43(12)1336–1341. 2 Out of 111 rigid containers tested, 14 (12.6%) had no bacterial ingress, 25 (22.5%) had ingress of 1-9 CFU,52 (46.8%) had ingress of 10-99 CFU, and 20 (18.0%) had ingress >100 CFU. † Harry L. Shaffer MS, Delbert A. Harnish MS, and Brian K. Heimbuch MS contributed to/authored the above article at the timethey had a financial consulting relationship with Halyard Health, Inc.; however, they were not compensated by Halyard Health, Inc. for their respective contributions/authorship of the article. 3 72% of unused containers showed some level of bacterial ingress.*Registered Trademark or Trademark of Halyard Health, Inc. or its affiliates. © 2017 HYH. All rights reserved.

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