Presumably picked up by someone’s insurance plan, or a “not my problem” situation for the attending surgeon.

Sub-sanitized instruments should not be a possibility given our current understanding of infections and their root causes.

In my case, I’d rather have one less test to confirm something, if it means I get to have my surgical implements experience one more run through the UV sterilizer or the autoclave before they are used on me. Better yet, why not use a whole new set of virgin tools following a time-proven blueprint?