Shortage of properly sterilized instruments leads Brooke Army Medical Center to curtail surgeries

[rangerrebew]

Shortage of properly sterilized instruments leads Brooke Army Medical Center to curtail surgeries

By: The Associated Press, April 30, 2017 (Photo Credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class Jhi Scott/Navy)

SAN ANTONIO — Commanders at the Army health system's flagship Brooke Army Medical Center have shut more than half of the San Antonio hospital's 28 operating rooms and curtailed elective surgeries because of a shortage of properly sterilized instruments.

https://www.armytimes.com/articles/shortage-of-properly-sterilized-instruments-leads-brooke-army-medical-center-to-curtail-surgeries

[EC]

FFS - it's a manual wipe, autoclave, then a UV light. It CAN'T get any simpler to sterilize instruments.

So why they screwing up? More importantly- WHO is screwing up? Is it done in house or is it some contractor?

[Sanguine]

FFS - it's a manual wipe, autoclave, then a UV light. It CAN'T get any simpler to sterilize instruments.

So why they screwing up? More importantly- WHO is screwing up? Is it done in house or is it some contractor?

Yes, very strange.  And BAMC has been a good facility in the past.  Wonder what is happening.