We celebrated the culmination of an almost three-year ordeal to purchase and acquire our new Steris Amsco 400 Series Steam Sterilizer to replace are 45-year-old Amsco 300 Series Sterilizers. The engaging Ribbon Cutting event was a success, and we appreciate all who played a vital role in accomplishing this! Thanks to NCB's Deputy Executive Director Alfredo Jones, CNO Dr. Neena Philip, Director of Nursing Carmen Holt, Director of Peri-Op Tonia Belfrom, Assistant Directors of Nursing Infection Prevention Marianne Luchetta, and Sony George. Also, thanks to Director of Sterile Processing Mr. Kyeremateng Asiama, Sterile Processing Manager Clive Inniss, and Assistant Director of Sterile Processing Darryl Henderson. “What is a steam sterilizer”? A steam sterilizer is a machine that uses steam under pressure to kill harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi, and spores on the instruments that are placed inside of the pressurized steel chamber for a certain amount of time and under a certain amount of pressure. Most instrument manufacturers recommend that steam sterilizers reach a minimum temperature of 270° and a minimum 30 pounds of atmospheric pressure. The Sterilizer was designed and built for this purpose and when operated by properly trained Sterile Processing Professionals this machine is our most cost effective and efficient means of sterilization. S t e r i s Am s co 400 Se r ie s S t eam S t e r ili z e r
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi | April 2023
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