Resterilising equipment

RE: Resterilising equipment

Robyn — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:42:35 GMT

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Anyone for evidence based practice:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1812444

12 months showed no deterioration

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14530104

96 weeks

I'm unaware of any evidence that things stop being sterile after a particular period of time as long as properly packaged and the bag not damaged. If the bag is damaged the day it goes in the cupboard then it's unsterile from the moment that happens.......

We don't routinely re-steralise anything based on this. I'm aware of the dogma, and would love some quality evidence showing me I am wrong.

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As per usual Apache, you're an evidence-based saint! We've been doing it every 3 months but I've had the same questions about whether it's worth it.

RE: Resterilising equipment

Alison Clare Hickman — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:04:02 GMT

And so long as it was correctly sterilised in the first place... see my blog for some tips!www.vetnurse.co.uk/.../REVISED_5F00_9_5F00_sterilization.docx

RE: Resterilising equipment

apache — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:06:43 GMT

Anyone for evidence based practice:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1812444

12 months showed no deterioration

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14530104

96 weeks

We don't routinely re-steralise anything based on this. I'm aware of the dogma, and would love some quality evidence showing me I am wrong.

RE: Resterilising equipment

Nichola231 — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:27:58 GMT

Every 8 weeks unless double bagged. Then its every 12. We don't hold a lot of equipment so it works well for us.

RE: Resterilising equipment

Anonymous1 — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 17:49:46 GMT

We do every 3 months, even if double bagged :)

RE: Resterilising equipment

Katie Mack — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 23:03:11 GMT

Thank you - this is what we are doing so just wanted to check. ☺️

RE: Resterilising equipment

James Colver Cert. Ed, RVN — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:11:33 GMT

As far as I know there is no evidence to use as a guide, but every 3 months seems to be the norm - some people go for 6 months if double-bagged