Penn State Health struggled to maintain a usable supply of sterile instruments for the thousands of surgeries it performed at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center throughout 2025 and into this year, a Spotlight PA investigation found.
Unsterile instruments increase a patient’s risk of infection and death. Internal documents obtained by the newsroom found Penn State Health’s sterilization issues led to harrowing situations.
Persistent, mysterious black specks dotting trays of surgical instruments…