| Every year, tens of thousands of patients who check | | | | and enter the human body, are:o Catheter associated |
| into hospitals die from hospital acquired infections - a | | | | infections, such as infections of the urinary tracto |
| number which would be greatly reduced if proper | | | | Ventilator Associated Infections, such as pneumoniao |
| sterile procedure was always observed. One of the | | | | bloodstream infectiono Surgical site infection |
| ways that medical personnel can easily protect their | | | | These types of infections are also referred to as |
| patients' health is by the use of sterilization pouches. | | | | nosocomial infections. They can be avoided by |
| These disposable medical supplies are used to store | | | | observing proper sterilization procedures such as |
| surgical tools and implements that will be used in a | | | | hand-washing, and maintaining a sterile environment for |
| medical procedure. From teeth cleaning to surgery, | | | | all surgical tools and equipment. |
| Sterilization Pouches help ensure these tools will be | | | | Sterilization pouches provide the perfect solution for |
| sterile right up until the very moment they are used. | | | | keeping tools and equipment safely sealed away in a |
| According to RID, the Committee to Reduce Infection | | | | completely sterile environment until they are ready to |
| Deaths, at least 103,000 deaths per year are attributed | | | | be used. |
| to hospital acquired infections. And there are many | | | | It is important to purchase these pouches from a |
| more people who survive but suffer permanent | | | | trusted company with a good reputation and with |
| disfigurement or impairment that they would not have | | | | experience in manufacturing and selling disposable |
| suffered if they had not been exposed to | | | | medical supplies. |
| unnecessary pathogens. | | | | The sterilization pouches must be made of sturdy |
| Some published estimates state that 5 percent of | | | | medical-grade materials and must have a sturdy easy |
| acute care hospitalizations result in a hospital acquired | | | | to use seal. There must be clear indicators on the |
| infection. This would result in an estimated 2 million | | | | pouch which will reveal immediately if there are any |
| cases per year; the majority do not result in death but | | | | tears or breaches in the pouch. |
| they result in discomfort, pain, worry, additional | | | | Use of a sterilization pouch is one of the many steps |
| hospitalization time, additional expense, and sometimes, | | | | that doctors, nurses, dentists, and other medical |
| permanent disability such as limb loss, severe scarring, | | | | professionals can take to protect their patients, who |
| or other complications. | | | | may already be immuno-compromised and at |
| Some of the most common sites of hospital acquired | | | | exceptionally high risk of infection and exposure. |
| infection, where germs are particularly likely to colonize | | | | |