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as your OR staff lost its way when it comes to pretreating
instruments at the point of use before sending them out for
reprocessing? Have they never even known the way? I know
the feeling, and you need to nip this problem in the bud ASAP. Maybe
our story can help guide you to a solution.
I know, it's a struggle to make changes in many ORs. For some staff
who've been working in the OR for decades, they might never have
pretreated instruments. Our OR teams had performed the same instru-
Pretreating Instruments at the Point of Use
How we got our surgical staff to spray dirty instruments in the OR.
Infection Prevention
Amber McGeehan, MBA, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSM, FACHE
• SPRAY AWAY Tina Walker, RN, and surgical technologist Lisa Hatt of Heritage Valley Health System in Beaver, Pa., pretreat
instruments in the OR before they send them out for reprocessing.