Roel Castillo

ORCID: 0000-0003-2133-8708
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Research Areas
  • Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
  • Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
  • Quality and Safety in Healthcare
  • Infection Control in Healthcare
  • Surgical Sutures and Adhesives
  • Healthcare Quality and Management
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • Hemostasis and retained surgical items
  • Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs
  • Foreign Body Medical Cases
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Facial Trauma and Fracture Management
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Clinical practice guidelines implementation

Macquarie University
2016-2022

Sydney Adventist Hospital
2020-2022

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of double manual cleaning (DMC) with enzymatic followed by alkaline detergent for removing biofilm on hinged surgical instruments compared to automated washer-disinfector. Methods: Biofilm Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923) was formed in vitro hemostatic forceps (Fig. 1). Biofilm-covered were rinsed distilled water and subjected one following regimes (n = 5 each): Group 1 soaked sterile minutes. 2-DMC detergent, brushed times each face, filtrated (0.2...

10.1017/ice.2020.1200 article EN Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2020-10-01

10.1016/j.idh.2016.09.120 article EN Infection Disease & Health 2016-11-01
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