Sterile Processing Education in Developing Countries - Phase 1

Incidence of post-operative infection in developing countries occurs in 5 to 50 percent of patients. Neonatal infection rates are 3 to 20 times higher than in industrialized nations. This project will supply low cost sterilizers and provide education for health workers sterilizing surgical instruments, with a focus on improving operating room infection control practices and reducing the incidence of post-operative infections in West African countries such as Guinea and Republic of the Congo. For more information visit http://www.spedc.org/.