Medical Sterilization and Hygiene

Visuals depicting professionals engaged in sterilization and hygiene processes in medical and laboratory settings, emphasizing cleaning and disinfection.

Lab Technician Transfers Test Tubes

Reportage in a sterilisation unit in Thonon-les-Bains hospital, France. All the hospital services send their equipment here to be sterilised. Each instrument has a tracking form which allows each stage of sterilisation to be retraced. The instruments are first washed by hand.

Cheese factory workers testing quality of cheese

Medical equipment disinfection. Bordeaux hospital, France.

Lab Technician Transfers Test Tubes

Surgeon working near sink in operating room

Before sterilization of surgical instruments, a nursing assistant recomposes the boxes of instruments used in the operating room.

Reportage in a sterilisation unit in Thonon-les-Bains hospital, France. All the hospital services send their equipment here to be sterilised. Each instrument has a tracking form which allows each stage of sterilisation to be retraced. A nursing auxiliary makes the boxes of instruments up again that are used in operating theatres.

Technician checking the material entering the washing room before sterilization

Emergency services of the Abbeville hospital, COVID area, meal taken in the room by a patient with the help of a nursing assistant.

an anesthetist prepares an infusion in the operating room

Laundry room of the Atelier de l'adage Saporta. Disabled person in charge of laundry and cleaning kitchen and user work clothes.

Dioxin testing

Radiographer setting up Image Control Unit,

Reportage in a sterilisation unit in Thonon-les-Bains hospital, France. All the hospital services send their equipment here to be sterilised. Each instrument has a tracking form which allows each stage of sterilisation to be retraced. The instruments are put in washers.

Operating room male nurse. End of surgery. Traceability of the surgical material. Bordeaux hospital. France.

Medical resuscitation service at the Jacques Cartier hospital in Massy. Service pharmacy.

Reportage at LEO Pharma's pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Vernouillet, France. Manufacture of injectable products in pre-filled syringes.

Cahryn Coelho sets out fruit in the Main Dining Facility at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Sep. 14, 2022. BAMCs Department of Nutritional Medicine feeds 150-200 patients per day via Patient Room Service while also serving roughly 2,000 staff members, visitors and military members at the Main Dining and Grab NGo facilities.

Reportage in the French Arkopharma lab in Nice, France. This pharmaceutical lab is specialized in the phytotherapy, natural medicine and dietary supplement sectors. It is the European market leader. Cryogenic grinding of Cardus Marianus.

two pharmacists preparing medicine container in a pharmacy

Scientists working in lab wearing protective clothing

Medical equipment disinfection. Bordeaux hospital, France.

Medical colleagues working with chemicals in microbiological laboratory

Rehabilitation centre for adult disabled persons, Dordogne, France.

The SMUR emergency service intervenes throughout the region 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Emergency Physician Michel Maillé and his team are called to the scene of an exchange of gunfire. A young man was shot and seriously injured in the leg. His vital prognosis is engaged. After his arrival in the emergency room, the young man is taken care of by the DAR teams. Department of Anesthesia Resuscitation and Critical Care of polytrauma patients.

Reportage at Château de la Manderie in Ouzouer des Champs, France, a nursing home for Alzheimer sufferers. Nurse preparing medecine for the residents.

Reportage in the orthopaedic surgery unit in the Diaconesses Croix Saint Simon hospital in Paris. Placing a second hip prosthesis. Checking out using x-ray after the operation.

Woman weighs and feeds baby Blue-throated toucanets (Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis) at the Dallas World Aquarium; Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Nurse wearing face mask checking inventory at hospital

Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. Automated drugs storage cabinet. Assistant in pharmacy.

Reportage in the neonatal unit of Robert-Debré hospital in Paris, France. Milk kitchen.

Rehabilitation centre for adult disabled persons, Dordogne, France.

Reportage in the Vinci Clinic in Paris, France. Decontamination and sterilisation of endoscopy equipment.

Report at the Rouen University Hospital, cryopreservation department.

medical pills industry factory and production indoor

London Clinic-Medcial Stores, London, , Architect Unknown

Medical staff at the Intensive care unit of the Liege hospital which is badly impacted by Covid 19. Liege, Belgium.

Woman, cleaning and liquid in kitchen with smile for hospitality, safety with chemical in home. Female person, house and happiness with cloth for bacteria or domestic work, dust service for health

Reportage in the French Arkopharma lab in Nice, France. This pharmaceutical lab is specialized in the phytotherapy, natural medicine and dietary supplement sectors. It is the European market leader. Weighing room. Weighing turmeric to produce new medicine for joint pain relief.

A hospital-based emergency service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and covers an entire region. Training on the Lucas massage device. With LUCAS, cardiac arrest patients receive effective, uniform and continuous chest compressions.

Distribution and assistance with meals for patients in the aftercare and rehabilitation department of a hospital

Department of oncology, Francheville clinic, Périgueux, France. Nurse using computer.

Central kitchen of Angouleme hospital.

Shock room in the intensive care unit of a university hospital

Caregiver carrying meal trays for patients in hospital.

Lab technician in pharmaceutical plant in front of tanks

Rehabilitation centre for adult disabled persons, Dordogne, France.

Reportage on the Vaccine Research Institutes (VRI) immunomonitoring platform. The Vaccine Research Institutes aim is to speed up the development of an HIV vaccine. It stems from the ANRSs (French national AIDS and hepatitis research agency) vaccine programme. Research is carried out on the mononuclear cells in the blood. The lab receives blood samples from people who have, and havent had the vaccine. Blood samples are stored at -193° in liquid nitrogen.

Night nurse.

People volunteering together donating facility 1, Resolution and high quality beautiful photo

Staff working in medical factory

Reportage in the A&E department of Robert Ballanger general hospital, France. An intern looks at a patient's file in the emergency medical transmission service.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Department of urology. Nurse.

Female factory worker in a medical supplies factory in China.

2 technicians checking the material entering the washing room before sterilization

Laundry room of the Atelier de l'adage Saporta. Disabled person in charge of laundry and cleaning kitchen and user work clothes.

Washing rack on trolley in sterilization room

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jada Cotto, from Union, New Jersey, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), gathers dental supplies, on the floating accommodation facility, in Newport News, Virginia, April 11, 2022. The John C. Stennis is in Newport News Shipyard working alongside NNS, NAVSEA and contractors conducting Refueling and Complex Overhaul as part of the mission to deliver the warship back in the fight, on time and on budget, to resume its duty of defending the United States.

Barcelona, 06/20/2021. ICU of the Vall d'Hebron hospital, with hospitalized COVID 19 patients. Archdc. Photo: Inés Baucells.

Pharmaceutical industry

Reportage in the French National Police's Criminal Research Institute in Rosny-sous-Bois, France. The Anthropology, Thanatology & Odontology Department (ATO).

Staff working in medical factory

Entrance of Emergency department in the hospital of Aix en Provence. This is the area where patients wait for a doctor. Paca, France.

Rehabilitation centre for adult disabled persons, Dordogne, France.

Hannah Brumby, a Navy contractor, tests a water sample at Hickam Main Child Development Center on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, as part of the Navys Drinking Water Long-Term Monitoring program, Feb. 28, 2024. The samples will be sent off-island to multiple Environmental Protection Agency-certified labs for extensive testing to determine whether total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and over 60 other analytes may be present in the drinking water. These ongoing monitoring efforts are part of the Navys enduring, long-term commitment to ensure the safety of the environment and public health. Navy

men with a metal tube

people volunteering together donating facility 1 . Resolution and high quality beautiful photo

Pharmacy, pharmacist produces an individual medication, in the laboratory, according to medical instructions, Germany, Europe

Animal keeper weighs Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), 5 months, panda nursery, Wolong nature reserve, bamboo bear, scale, weigh, China, Asia

cooking, safety and health concept - female chef in protective medical mask and toque with hand sanitizer or liquid soap over restaurant kitchen background. female chef in mask with hand sanitizer or soap

Rehabilitation centre for adult disabled persons, Dordogne, France.

ADMR 62 - Home Help in Rural Areas, Pas de Calais. Veronique, Auxiliary of Social Life (AVS) intervenes in the home of Mr. and Mrs. B., severely handicapped by Alzheimer's disease. Veronique must help him with all the daily tasks. The role of family caregiver is sometimes heavy for the spouse to bear. Carer doing the dishes with a family caregiver having a meal.

Rehabilitation centre for adult disabled persons, Dordogne, France.

Nurse preparing medicine. Emergency department, Limoges hospital, France.

Oklahoma City, Okla., May 28, 2013 Volunteers with Vision Source, Dr. Julie Motes, right, and fourth year optometrist student Blake Carlisle, look for contacts for a local resident. Local residents needing eye care who were impacted by the recent tornado on May 20, 2013 are encouraged to come to the center at the Graceway Baptist Church. Oklahoma City, OK, May 28, 2013--Volunteers with Vision Souce, Dr. Julie Motes, right, and fourth year optomotrist student Blake Carlisle, look for contacts for a local resdient. Local residents needing eye care who were impacted by the recent tornado on May 20, 2013 are encouraged to come to the center at the Graceway Baptist Church.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Broken equipment in Nairobi hospital a with nurse in Nairobi, Kenya.

Reportage in a Swiss biobank which specialises in storing stem cells from blood in the umbilical cord (hematopoietic stem cells) and stem cells from tissue from the umbilical cord (mesenchymal stem cells). The stem cells are stored at -150° in liquid nitrogen.

Male pharmacist working in a pharmacy

Sterile surgical instruments. Cardiology hospital. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Aug. 29, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Anne Crumley, from West Minister, Colorado, prepares to process blood products on a Haemonetic ACP 215 machine in the blood bank aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2022. The machine removes preservations from frozen blood samples to make them safe for transfusion. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Paediatric nurse and premature twins newborn babies. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

Unit of Laënnec Hospital of Nantes, France, specialized in Cerebrovascular Accidents (CVA). A student in kinesitherapy works with a patient in a functional reeducation cession. Use restriction : photo to be used in relation to neurovascular unit activities only.

Reportage at Manhès Hospital in Fleury Mérogis, France. Medical Lab.

Vet With Brooder At La Dame Blanche, Animal Protection Center In Normandie

Disabled worker preparing meals for users and supervisors of the ESAT . Dive.

Rehabilitation centre for adult disabled persons, Dordogne, France.

Medical analysis laboratory. Blood samples placed in the benchtop centrifuge before analysis.

Nurses take care of a patient placed in a stretcher.

Reportage at Château de la Manderie in Ouzouer des Champs, France, a nursing home for Alzheimer sufferers. Nurse preparing medecine for the residents.

Photo essay at Saint François functional rehabilitation center in Deauville, France. Nurse.

oculist working with machines for making spectacle glass in workshop

Reportage in a rehabilitation centre in Germany, specialising in neurological rehabilitation after a stroke or head injury. The centre is equipped with a number of robotic technologies which facilitate exercises. A patient who suffered a head injury uses the SaeboFlex with the help of a physiotherapist. The SaeboFlex, which is worn like a glove, helps the patient to open his hand when grasping an object.

Orthopedic technician apprentice making a brace

Pharmacist examining bottle of syrup

Cheese factory worker putting on protective clothes

Reportage in Fann hospital, Dakar, Senegal. Anesthetist in the operating theatre.

Pharmacist with mortar, preparing an ointment in a pharmacy, Germany, Europe

Dental Technician Third Class (DT3) Henry B. Morris fabricates a set of dentures in the lab of the dental clinic on board the USS HOLLAND (AS-32). Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

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