You’ve heard the phrase, “eyes like a hawk”. This is often used to describe a person with keen vision or someone who tends to notice small details.
We use this expression because hawks have incredible vision. Their color vision is the greatest of all animals investigated to date according to a recent study at
Lund
University. This attribute makes them incredibly skilled hunters. Owls and members of the cat family are known to have the best vision at night,
making them among the best hunters at night.
Humans have very good eyesight in regards to most mammals, and also in comparison to the rest of the animal kingdom. We can see clearly from a
distance, we have strong depth perception and we can distinguish up to 1 million different colors.
Apparently we have snakes to thank for our enhanced eyesight. According to
Live
Science, our fear of snakes drove human evolution to develop improved vision in order to spot these venomous predators in the wild.
What about dangers in the SPD that we can’t spot even with our evolved vision? Even eyes like a hawk can’t detect germs and bacteria that are
invisible to the naked eye. Have you ever cleaned a surgical instrument and witnessed a stain that appeared quite benign, or not easily detected by the human eye? Stains can come in different shapes, sizes and intensity. In order to go beyond what you can
see, you will need to test the cleanliness of instruments with the HemoCheck™ blood detection kit. Finding a stain on an instrument that has gone through reprocessing is never good. If the stain is blood, the implications are even more serious. Take the guesswork
out of evaluating the cleanliness of instruments with the HemoCheck™ blood residue test kit. The HemoCheck™ is an all-in-one test that provides a result in 30 seconds. It is simple to interpret and indicates blood residue down to 0.1μg. Significant traces
of blood indicate an inadequately reprocessed instrument which is a rich source for cross contamination. Using cleaning verification products will help identify potentially hidden dangers.
Matthew Smith
Senior Manager of Marketing
