It is the basic right of every patient to receive safe medical care. In the era of multidrug resistance, increasing interventional modalities to treat patients with co-morbidity, need for sterile equipments is an ever-growing field in the healthcare industry. Those involved in this field need constant education and training in order to keep abreast of the latest trends Though new technology has been introduced CSSD is yet to be upgraded in India though now most of the upcoming hospitals have a well- equipped CSSD.
Outbreaks of infections are increasingly being reported due to use of improperly sterilized articles being used. There was recently an outbreak in patients who had undergone cataract surgery and the cause is attributed to the of use of unsterile items. (unpublished data).The entire technical work is supervised by CSSD manager who has just completed school level …
