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Effective sterilization processing is critical to the successful outcome of the thousands of sterile proceduresthat are performed daily at health care institutions and clinics throughout North America. This requiresthat reusable surgical instruments and medical devices be effectively cleaned, inspected, packaged,labelled, sterilized, and transported for reprocessing following their use. Multiple steps are necessary toensure that each patient receives instruments and supplies that have been processed to the higheststandards of care. In order to ensure the delivery of instrumentation that is safe and effective for use,health care professionals should not only adhere to the recommendations of the instrument manufacturerand relevant processing guidelines, but need to also have an understanding of the technology (equipmentand processes) used to reprocess surgical instruments and medical devices. This includes an understandingof the basis whereby a given sterilization load is deemed acceptable for use. A key factor in thisdetermination is the results of testing performed with various types of sterilization indicators.

Product Details

Edition: 1st Published: 01/01/2012 ISBN(s): 9781554918201 Number of Pages: 50 File Size: 1 file , 1.3 MB Product Code(s): 2421472, 2421472