December 3, 2015
Efficacy of sterile rigid containers vs wrapped instrument trays
Editor's Note
Sterilized wrapped instrument trays demonstrated significantly greater protection than sterilized rigid containers against the ingress of airborne bacteria in this study.
Of 111 rigid containers tested, 97 failed to maintain barrier performance, allowing bacterial ingress, while 0 of 161 wrapped trays had detectable contamination.
Contamination rates of rigid containers increased significantly with increasing duration of use.
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