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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Infection Control - May 2019

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nificantly decrease dry times, which has instruments ready for use soon after the sterilization cycle is complete. • Instrument tracking. I consider this technology to be absolutely necessary in today's fast-paced sterile processing departments, whether that's a radio-frequency iden- tification (RFID) or a basic barcode track- ing system. Your techs save time and energy in counting instruments and locating specific instrument trays through the system. I predict we'll see stricter requirements in the future for facili- ties to know what instruments were used in which patients, something that you can get ahead of by imple- menting instrument tracking software now. The latest tracking systems make it easy for techs to pull up an M A Y 2 0 1 9 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 3 9 Call AOI for more Information 800.576.1266 9 Orchard, Suite 111 Lake Forest, CA 92630 www.optisurgical.com info@optisurgical.com Tired of rinsing with a syringe? Use the • For rinsing lumened instruments and tubing • Provides consistent rinsing pressure and volume regardless of the operator Improving instrument reprocessing since 1998 • Eliminates hand fatigue caused by repetitive syringe use • Frees up your hands to perform other tasks, greatly improving the speed and efficiency of your reprocessing department Instrument Rinse System ® New for , Waterproof Cycle & Stop Switches!

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