Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd - Specialities

Central Sterile Supply Department that brings Zero-rate nosocomial infection

Even with the tremendous strides being made in the medical and surgical fields, nosocomial infections continued to be a significant drain on human and economic resources producing human suffering and higher health-care costs. One aspect of preventing these nosocomial infections in health care facilities is the effective reprocessing and sterilization of medical devices. The provision of well controlled and validated sterilization processes will have far reaching effects.


	It will reduce preventive and presumptive antibiotic use
	Prevents Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
	Reduce the morbidity and mortality due to hospital acquired infections
	Limit the use of chemical disinfectants
	Improve the overall quality of patient care
	Reduce the higher health care cost
	Control the use of single use medical devices - a major ecological factor in the increased amount of chemical waste

Power Laundry

MIMS Power Laundry

	Our power laundry consists of Industrial Washing Machines
	Hydro Extractors
	Drying Tumblers
	Flat Bed Presses
	Stain Removing Machines, etc.

We are processing around one lakh piece of clothes per month using appropriate chemical and physical agents for removal of the bio-burden and disinfection according to the recommendations of APIC Guidelines (USA) and OSHA (USA).


Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences Ltd. has arranged CSSD according to Hospital Technical Memorandum issued by the department of Health and Social Security, U.K. , ANSI/AAMI - U.S.A, ISO 11134, 5, ISO 13683 and EN 554, strictly following their methods and recommendations. The work in MIMS CSSD consists of four main processes :
	Reception, inspection, and decontamination (removal of bio-burden)
	Assembly and packing
	Sterilizing
	Storage and distribution


VALIDATION OF STERILIZATION Sterilization processes must be validated. Validation of sterilization in MIMS CSSD consists of seven sets of activities :
	Proper Commissioning of sterilizers and its documentation
	Sterilizer PPM (Planned Preventive Maintenance) and its documentation.
	Daily warm-up and B/D tests for steam sterilizer.
	Weekly biological confirmation with bacillus stearothermophilus for steam sterilizers.
	Biological confirmation of each load for EO sterilization with bacillus subtillis.
	Computerized monitoring and performance qualification (manual monitoring) of all cycles.
	Review of all documentation of sterilizer testing and quality system process control by technical manager.

MIMS as a part of its mission extends its service to society through

Sterilization Technology Course
MIMS Academy has prepared a comprehensive syllabus for a two year diploma course in sterilization technology. This syllabus covers history and development of CSSD, microbiological aspects, medical instrumentation, surgery in brief, instrument processing, assembly and packing, sterilizing practices (dry-heat, moist heat, radiation, chemical, gas and plasma), storage and distribution etc.

MIMS CSSD Consultants for the advancements of medical instrumentation
The consultancy provides


	Expertise in sterilization technology
	Gap analysis and recommendations
	Complete turn key packages
	Introduction of processing recommendations
	New build or refurbishment
	Cost effective solutions
	Full regulatory compliance