On a daily basis there are thousands of equipment’s which are used inside a hospital premises. We always wonder what are they used for. We know that there are surgical and non surgical instruments and equipment’s used in a hospital for treatment of patients. In these most are reusable equipment’s. There are various methods to use this equipment’s and instruments. The same way there are various methods to sterilize or disinfect them so that while it is being reused, it will be clean and sterilized. Sterilization of equipment’s and instruments are differentiated according to the classification of usage. The classifications are,
- Non – critical – IV pumps,
- Semi – critical – equipments used for endoscopies
- Critical – surgical instruments used in surgeries
There is a sterilization department in each hospital which is used to sterilize and disinfect all the equipments and instruments used in a hospital. So Hospital Sterilization Technology means the various technologies used to sterilize hospital equipments and instruments.