Single-use Trocar Is it Possible to Reprocess it After the First Use?


Autoria(s): SANTOS, Vania Sue Ellen dos; ZILBERSTEIN, Bruno; POSSARI, Joao Francisco; SANTOS, Manoel A. A. dos; QUINTANILHA, Alina G.; RIBEIRO JR., Ulysses
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

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20/10/2012

20/10/2012

2008

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The aim of this study was to verify and describe the presence of microorganisms in the single-use trocar after its use in surgical procedures, and after this device was submitted to cleaning, conditioning, and sterilization by physicochemical processes (formaldehyde, ethylene oxide, and hydrogen peroxide plasma). Twenty-eight trocars of the Ethicon, Auto-suture, and Aesculap brands, were randomly selected and analyzed after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The results have shown that cultures grown of the material collected from the trocars, immediately after its use and before its sterilization process, showed the presence of bacteria and fungi in 46.5% (13). In 53.5% (15) of the trocars, the presence of microorganisms was not detected, very likely due to niche`s scarcity. In the cultures grown of the 28 trocars after being submitted to sterilization processes, the presence of microorganisms was not verified. We can therefore conclude that although trocars possess compartments not easily accessed for cleaning, these devices can be adequately cleaned and effectively sterilized, when well manipulated, in the institution where the study was carried out by the processes of steam sterilization at low temperature and formaldehyde, ethylene oxide, and hydrogen peroxide plasma.

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SURGICAL LAPAROSCOPY ENDOSCOPY & PERCUTANEOUS TECHNIQUES, v.18, n.5, p.464-468, 2008

1530-4515

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/28353

10.1097/SLE.0b013e31817c7466

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SLE.0b013e31817c7466

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eng

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS

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Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques

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Palavras-Chave #disposable devices #reprocessing #single-use trocar #Surgery
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