Sterilization of Small Packs of Surgical Instruments:A Cost Performance Study / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To analyze the cost performance of small packs of surgical instruments and to look for their optimizing sterilization schemes.METHODS 720 sample from total surgical instruments were sefested,pressuresteam sterilization ethylene Oxide and hydrogen peroxide plasma sferilization were pexformal and compared.Statistics and analyzing finally under the condition of each kind puts The sterilization effect,cost and the period were analyzed.RESULTS All three methods call guarantee the sterilization effect,but the cost of EO and plasma were more than those of pressuresteam method(452% and 960%).CONCLUSIONS Pressuresteam sterilization show advantages in small packing instruments.