Surgical instrument steriliser protects patients and saves costs
Germgard Lighting, a New Jersey based early phase medical technology company, has introduced a patented, ultra-fast surgical instrument resterilisation system that it says will protect millions of patients and lower the overall cost of care by preventing infections resulting from surgery in large healthcare facilities, military field hospitals and ambulatory surgical centres. The company claims the total cycle time for the process at six minutes is much shorter than for hot steam sterilisation or any room temperature, gas sterilant process. Shorter cycle times and room temperature reduce instrument damage and enhance inventory turnaround, which are critical considerations for operational efficiency.
According to Germgard's chief executive Dr Eugene Gordon: ‘Deployment of our easy-to-use and ultra-fast sterilisation products will be one of the least expensive, quickest to implement, and most effective means for healthcare facilities to immediately lower operating costs and properly protect patients undergoing surgery.’ The company says the ability to inactivate all pathogens, including spores, with room temperature techniques in just six minutes to achieve 100% kill was absolutely unimaginable only a couple of years ago. Germgard Lighting is funded by and located in a NJ Commission on Science and Technology supported innovation incubator on the campus of the US Army Picatinny Arsenal. Its technology pipeline enables a multi-tiered approach to infection prevention that includes cost-effective bare and gloved hand sanitation, medical instrument, surface cleaning and air sterilisation. www.germgardlighting.com