Loaned Orthopedic Instruments in Disinfection Supply Center: Management of Their Quality

OBJECTIVE To discuss how to effectively manage the quality of loaned orthopedic instruments in disfection supply center;and how to strengthen hospital infection control to ensure the safe use of medical devices and to reduce medical tangles.METHODS The hospital made the instruction for loaned orthopedic instruments;and the disinfection supply center made the retrospective managements of loaned orthopedic instruments transferring,cleaning,disinfecting and sterilizing,and monitored them in accordance with the standards procedures.RESULTS From Mar 2007 to Mar 2009,30 kinds of loaned orthopedic instruments from seven instruments companies have been used for more then 500 operations;and no instruments were losed,and the procedure was qualified in the process of cleaning,disinfectiong and sterilizing.All of them could be found by records.CONC LUSIONS In the retropective management of loaned orthopedic instruments by disinfection supply center effectively ensure the safety of the instruments and patients,which can beused as an important proof when necessary.