RE: Equipment15 Feb 2021 22:08
Ah what it probably is , is the nhs style anti tamper
strips or the kit that adds them to the package !?
I only say this because at the hospital I am at ,
I work ( part time now ) in the infection control/ decontamination
And we used to do our own cleaning/ sterilisation of surgical equipment etc
However back in the late 90/00s when
CJD was doing the rounds , it was an issue to hold
possible contaminated surgical instruments if it was
suspected that a patient was suffering from CJD
because the prion wasn’t destroyed in the usual
cleaning/ sterilisation process and if it was
proved to be positive the instruments were removed and destroyed ( this was far too much trouble for the powers that be and if left any longer would probably of mixed up clean / dirty ! ) so it ended up outsourced to a standalone cssd company who could run this seamlessly,
And initially to help out the nhs supply chain kitted them out with sealing machine/s and barcode
multi jet ( but that’s probably old hat now )
And then no doubt replaced with their own kit
So our gear found its way back to the right hospital
as we are 3 in the city
So I think it’s probably just that