Are microbes hitchhiking on your probes and putting patients at risk?
Are microbes hitchhiking on your probes and putting patients at risk?
Ultrasound probes are a potential route for healthcare-associated infections (HAI).
Standards and guidelines in the United States and Canada require that probes used in endocavitary procedures must minimally undergo high-level disinfection (HLD) before they are used on the next patient.