Three hospitals on the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora recently postponed surgeries due to water-related issues impacting their sterilization equipment. Children’s Hospital Colorado postponed non-emergent surgeries through Tuesday out of an “abundance of caution” while hospital staff dealt with the issue that had reduced the facility’s sterile processing capacity since last week. “This decision was made to ensure we have the capacity to sterilize the instruments and equipment needed for urgent and emergent cases,” said Rachael Fowler, a hospital spokesperson. Staff at UCHealth’s University of Colorado Hospital on Thursday noticed tiny black flecks in some of their washers prior to sterilizing and after washing medical equipment, said Dan Weaver, a hospital spokesperson.