Services We Provide - Surgical & Ambulatory Care Services

Surgical Services - Sterile Services Unit (SSU)

The Sterile Services Unit (SSU) centralises the sterile processing activities, in which re-useable medical devices and surgical instruments and equipment are processed. SSU maintains consistently high standards for sterilization and decontamination process.

Services provided by SSU include decontamination, packaging, sterilization and distribution of sterile supplies for use in the DHB’s Operating Rooms, clinical areas and outlying hospitals and clinics. SSU operates 24 hours, 7 days a week at Middlemore Hospital and 16 hours, 5 days per week at Manukau SuperClinic™.

The SSU continually strives for excellence in achieving best client-centred quality services