Internal Reference Number: FOI_6313
Date Request Received: 04/10/2021 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 10/11/2021 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Robots in Surgery and Trust’s Sterile Services Department
Request Category: Private Individuals
Question Number 1: How many surgical robots does the Trust own, and where are they located? | |
Answer To Question 1: Procurement are not aware that any Surgical Robots are deployed in SFT. Confirmed by Surgery Division | |
Question Number 2: What is the make model of each robot? | |
Answer To Question 2: N/A | |
Question Number 3: How many surgical robot procedures did the Trust carry out in FY19/20? | |
Answer To Question 3: #NOANSWER# | |
Question Number 4: How much was spent on consumables for the robot(s) in FY19/20? | |
Answer To Question 4: N/A | |
Question Number 5: Do you use low-temperature sterilisation to sterilise reusable robotic instruments? What type of instruments are these? | |
Answer To Question 5: N/A | |
Question Number 6: What other type of surgical instrumentation/devices does the Trust reprocess using low-temperature sterilisation? | |
Answer To Question 6: The Trust have a flexible Choledochoscope which Sterile Services Limited decontaminate before sending off site to Steris super centre (Chessington) for sterilisation using a low temperature steriliser called V-Pro. | |
Question Number 7: What type of low-temperature sterilisation equipment is currently installed in the Trust’s Sterile Services Department? Please can you provide the manufacturer, model, and the number of machines? | |
Answer To Question 7: The Trust does not currently have any low temperature sterilisation equipment and the Trust outsources its Sterile Services. | |
Question Number 8: Does the Trust outsource its low-temperature reprocessing requirements to another NHS Trust or other 3rd party provider? | |
Answer To Question 8: Yes, STERILE SUPPLIES LTD (A Steris Company) | |
Question Number 9: Is the Trust looking to purchase a surgical robot in the next 12 – 18 months? | |
Answer To Question 9: There are no immediate plans to purchase a robot. | |
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