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Elective surgeries have been suspended at Aspen Valley Hospital since Thursday night because the facility’s sterilization process has been compromised, hospital CEO David Ressler said.
“We have temporarily suspended much of our surgical operations until we get this issue fixed,” Ressler said Monday.
The hospital has a limited supply of untainted surgical packs that will be used for trauma surgeries in the meantime.
“We are rescheduling the elective cases,” Ressler said. “Fortunately, so far we have not had any traumas, but we are prepared for them. We have some surgical packs that remain in inventory for trauma.”
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