Webster Joan, Lloyd Wendy, Ho Ping, Burridge Christine, George Narelle
Royal Brisbane and Royal Women's Hospitals, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2003 Aug;24(8):622-4. doi: 10.1086/502264.
A prospective study was conducted during a 2-year period to evaluate the effectiveness of event-related outdating. Hospital-prepared sterilized items (n = 152) were shelved in wards and every 3 months, several articles were retrieved and microbiologically tested. During the 2-year period, all of the items tested were sterile.
