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I N F E C T I O N
P R E V E N T I O N
How your instruments are handled after use, but before they're sent
for reprocessing, can impact decontamination. With a little extra
effort, your OR staff can make the job more efficient.
"Keeping instruments moist is a big help," says Ms. Imes. "Whatever
can be wiped, covered
or put into water can
be more readily
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cleaned, which will
save time because it's
not coming from the
table with tissue dried
onto it."
Keeping instrument
trays together, as
opposed to sending
down haphazardly
mixed sets, also helps.
"The more instruments that come
down mixed, the
longer it'll take us to
sort and reprocess,"
says Mr. Gonzales. If
the trays contain disM A R C H 2013 | O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E
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