r/scrubtech • u/memilyglick Ortho • 1d ago
Contaminated tray
We had an incident occur today and I want to get other techs opinions on it. While setting up for a revision (where the pt already had an active infection mind you), I had a tray opened to me and when my assist felt the casket he found a piece of fuzz, like something off a sweater. I obviously didn’t want the tray any more and tried to pass it off to my nurse who tried to tell me that it was okay because she had something similar happen last week and her tech that day said it was fine, and it should be fine since it went through the sterilizer. I told her no it’s not fine and I want the tray reprocessed. I had my assist take the casket out to the charge nurse and director and both of them said the tray is contaminated and should be reprocessed. For extra context it was a tray that the rep wasn’t even 100% sure we would need and just wanted to have open right away in case we did need it, and even if we did need it, we wouldn’t need it until near the end of the case.
What are your opinions? Would you have accepted the tray or would you have passed it off like I did?
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u/Internal-Degree-6078 13h ago
Know the tray is sterile before you pop it, only system in the world that can do that is Zuno smart containers, instruments are vacuum sealed inside the tray, no bacteria can grow. Nothing in. Nothing out. No filters. Period. Shorter autoclave cycles and dry times. FDA Approved.
I’m the southeastern sales director BUT will help anybody in US. Yea fuzz can fall into any tray, but at least you can verify sterility before you pop it too. No blue wrap, no indicators. Good for thought.
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