Eighty-four elective surgeries have been delayed at Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra hospital on Monday because of lingering issues with the facility's sterilisers.

It follows 46 elective surgeries being postponed on Thursday and Friday last week after chemical residue was found on medical instrument packs coming out of the hospital’s sterilisers.

Princess Alexandra Hospital has cancelled more surgeries on Monday after steriliser issues last week. Credit:Bradley Kanaris

The hospital’s director of infectious diseases, Dr Geoffrey Playford, on Friday said the issue was with chemical build-up in the sterilisers and claimed surgery would resume as normal on Monday.

In an email circulated to PA Hospital staff on Sunday, seen by Brisbane Times, chair of surgery Professor Stephen Lynch warned there would be further delays to start the week owing to a lack of clean instruments.