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Executive Briefing
ARE YOU
PUTTING
YOUR
PATIENTS
AT RISK?
OF RIGID CONTAINERS
TESTED POSITIVE
FOR BACTERIAL
CONTAMINATION
NEW INDEPENDENT STUDY
1
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 wrapped instru-
ment trays to prevent bacterial ingress. Am J Infect Control. 2015 Dec;43(12)1336–1341.
* Registered Trademark or Trademark of Halyard Health, Inc. or its affiliates. © 2017 HYH. All rights reserved.
You may have thought you were protecting your patients by using rigid containers to
sterilize your instruments. But how do you know that your containers are maintaining
sterility through transport and handling?
A HALYARD REP CAN CONDUCT THESE AT YOUR FACILITY TODAY:
P
Sterilization Packaging Integrity Check Demo
P
Sterilization Packaging Assessment
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