Seminar on Monitoring of Cleaning and Sterilization Process in Healthcare FACILITIES at DUHS.

KARACHI -- National and International health experts said that there is no sterile system in Pakistan's small hospitals nor do they know the standard way to clean the equipment from the effects of infection. Experts said while addressing a seminar titled "Cleaning and Sterilization Process in Healthcare Facilities" at the Ojha campus of Dow University of Health Sciences. The speakers included Pro-Vice Chancellor of Dow University Prof. Zarnaz Wahid, Mr. Andreas Schiender, Mrs. Peter albonet Head of Clinical Academy Borer Kemi, Shaukat Ali and Mohammad Rizwan. More than 300 staff from public and private hospitals across the city were invited to the seminar.

Experts said that since Pakistan is among the developing countries and healthcare facilities are not well accessed to the common people, it is due to lack of awareness among the people and the disadvantages caused by it. Experts say that excluding the large setup hospitals, the exact method of sterilization is not used in any other hospital. Moreover, no hospital in Pakistan releases infection rates to detect at which stage the disinfection process is lacking. Since, the medical devices and equipment are reprocessed, the technical staff must be properly introduced to them.

Experts also added that there should be a SOP for medical device reprocessing, which should be approved by the Ministry of Health who may visit the hospitals regularly to check and allow the hospital to work or stop when it does not provide the required facilities so that they may adhere to the standards the Ministry of Health has established and help prevent germs and diseases. Sterilization services have an important role in surgery in healthcare, experts said. Reused medical devices in the...