Publications by authors named "Jan Huijs"
Assessment of laparoscopic instrument reprocessing in rural India: a mixed methods study.
Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
July 2021
Article Synopsis
- Laparoscopy offers benefits like quicker recovery and fewer infections, making it ideal for patients in low to middle income countries, but there are challenges in sterile processing due to limited resources.
- A study in rural India evaluated the effectiveness of sterilisation methods for laparoscopic instruments and found that hospitals had not updated their reprocessing practices since adopting laparoscopy.
- The research used a standardized observational checklist and interviews with medical staff to assess current practices, revealing that outdated methods for regular surgical instruments were still in use for laparoscopic tools.