title: Seminar discloses 'Dirty little secrets'.
abstract: 'Dirty Little Secrets' was the title of a well-attended IHEEM seminar held in Birmingham in mid-February which considered some of the key challenges and obligations for those in hospitals and other healthcare facilities responsible for keeping surgical instruments clean, sterile, and fit-for-purpose, and, in the process, minimising risk of injury or surgical site infection to patients undergoing a wide range of procedures. HEJ editor Jonathan Baillie reports.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baillie
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D004739:England; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000382:microbiology*