The director of Strategic Supplies of the Ministry of Health, Derlis León, told the Universo – Nación Media radio station that said device for sterilizing surgical instruments (which works like a washing machine and a pressure cooker) underwent corrective maintenance on March 14. and that this work has a guarantee of three months. “They are equipment that was purchased in 2016 and the maintenance was carried out by the company that brings the equipment,” he said.
He also explained to the 650 AM radio that this type of device has a useful life of 10 years and the one that exploded had six years of use.
León said that there are another 30 machines of the brand that exploded and that after the fatal incident, all will be reviewed to avoid another misfortune. In addition, an expert opinion will be made to find out the reason for the failure of the biomedical device.
“The autoclave teams are rigorously monitored. Maintenance was done on March 14 at the MRA hospital. It has a use time of 10 years and this equipment was entering its sixth year of use”, he reiterated.
The lawyer Claudia Samudio died yesterday at the District Hospital of the city of Mariano Roque Alonso due to the explosion of a device called an autoclave that is used to sterilize biomedical equipment. She herself was not handling the equipment but was just sitting in front of the machine preparing gauze when the explosion occurred.
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