Authors

Martha Rodríguez González1, Gilda T. Martínez Aching2, Miriam Valdés Fernández3, Liuba Rodríguez Quesada4, Janet B

Position

Licenciada en Enfermería. Jefa del Departamento de Esterilización. Centro Internacional de Restauración Neurológica (CIREN

Contact address

Centro Internacional de Restauración Neurológica. Avda. 25, nº 15805 entre 158 y 160. Municipio Playa. 11300 Ciudad de La Habana, C

Abstract

In a healthcare centre, the majority of procedures performed to care for the patients require the use of sterile materials. In order to have a complete assurance that this condition is met, and that there has been no failure in the sterilisation process, it is necessary to put into practice chemical, physical and biological quality controls for the monitoring of the sterilisation processes carried out. The aim of this study is to show the quality controls used in steam and ethylene oxide sterilisation procedures.

Keywords:

Sterilisation; steam sterilisation; ethylene oxide; quality control; chemical control; biological control; physical control

Versión en Español

Título:

Controles de calidad en la esterilización por vapor y óxido de etileno