Unsterilized equipment used on 4 Abbott Northwestern patients

A load of 14 unsterilized instrument sets were released into service at Minneapolis-based Abbott Northwestern Hospital last week, four of which were used on patients, according to a KARE 11 report.

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The hospital, part of Minneapolis-based Allina Health, has offered all affected patients testing for infections, even though its infection control experts “confirmed that the infection risk is very small and did not recommend any testing or treatments,” according to a hospital statement shared with KARE 11.

The trays were cleaned and disinfected but did not go through a final step in the sterilization process.

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