PUBLICATIONS

Articles & Handouts

Sustainable Infection Prevention Methods in Respiratory Therapy

Respiratory Therapy, 2024

Saving Money and Saving Lives – One Mask at a Time

Respiratory Therapy, 2024

Thermal High-level Disinfection – Capital Purchase Cost Analysis and Ecological Impact

2023

Pasteurization: Ultimate High-level Disinfection for Respiratory Therapy devices

Respiratory Therapy, 2021

Medical Device Pasteurization – An Alternative High-Level Disinfection Process that Doesn’t Require Chemicals

Just the Facts: Cleaning and High Level Disinfection (Pasteurization) for Semi-Critical Medical Devices

Thermal High Level Disinfection - Capital Purchase Cost Analysis and Ecological Impact

Podcasts & Blogs

Process This! Episode 95: Pasteurization in Sterile Processing

HSPA Podcast, 2023

Process This! Episode 105: Drying Medical Devices Before Sterilization: A Vital Step

HSPA Podcast, 2024

Vanderkelen, L., and Patel, A. (2021,May 11). I have an automated cleaning program; should thermal disinfection be a part of my reprocessing validations?

Nelson Labs

Studies

Kremer, T.A., McDonnell, G., et al. (2021). Thermal disinfection validation: the relationship between A0 and Microbial Reduction

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology. 55(3): 85-90. doi: 10.2345/0899-8205-55.3.85.

Salloum, M. (2020) How to achieve clinically dry medical device lumens

Perumpail, R. et al. (2019). Endoscope reprocessing : comparison of drying effectiveness and microbial levels with an automated drying and storage cabinet with forced filtered air and a standard storage cabinet

American Journal of Infection Control, OO: 1-7.

Barakat, M.T., Huang, R. J., Banerjee, S. (2019). Comparison of automated and manual drying in the elimination of residual endoscope working channel fluid after reprocessing (with video).

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (89)1: 124-132.

Wang, C.Y., Wu, H-D., Lee, L-N., et al. (2006). Pasteurization is effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria.

American Journal of Infection Control,34(5): 320-322.