The Whitehorse hospital has been back to its full surgical capacity, completing its own sterilization on site, since April 7.

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) received an anonymous complaint in September 2023 about Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital (RMH) not properly cleaning surgical instruments, impacting ...

Surgical techs also clean and disinfect your incision sites ... They hand out sterile instruments and supplies. Depending on the operation, they might prepare robotic surgical equipment, hold ...

he hospital failed to complete the cleaning, inspection, and sterilization process necessary to ensure surgical instruments were free from potential infectious materials,” the investigation stated.