Lisa Waldowski, DNP, RN, CIC

Accurate device information and proper sterilization or disinfection are crucial to ensure safety during ultrasound procedures.

Read about the sterilization process of eye instruments and devices.

Eye devices often are not cleaned nor sterilized as they should be according to manufacturer’s instructions for use, which leads to poorer patient outcomes.

The high-level disinfection process of an ultrasound probe, when indicated, includes documentation that demonstrates high-level disinfection was performed, and patient identifiers were documented to link the ultrasound probe to the patient. This is often referred to as traceability.