FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/02492
- Request Date
- June 8, 2018
- Subject
- Sterilisation
- Description
Please confirm which of the following scenarios describes the current core instrument sterilisation service at the hospital:
- Run in house as an NHS service
- Onsite but outsourced to private provider
- Outsourced to a separate trust, if so which trust?
- Outsourced to a private provider off site
Please confirm sterilisation cost for a single surgical instrument including shipping and VAT?
- Response
- Run in house as an NHS service
Our CSSD (Central Sterile Service Department) sterilizes surgical instruments by the tray, not per item. Costs per tray vary dependent on the type of tray sterilized.