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Jackie Dayton, RN
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REVERSE OSMOSIS Distilled water from the tap makes it easy to rinse ophthalmic instruments.
REVERSE OSMOSIS
Distilled Water, Right From the Tap
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nstead of buying and storing bulky gallon jugs of sterile or distilled
water to rinse our delicate ophthalmic instruments with, we
installed a reverse osmosis water filter system in the instrument
processing room here at our eye surgery center. Now, we have the
correct type of water right on tap. Talk about convenience!
As you can see in the photo on the right, the tap routes through a 5gallon metal tank that sits in the cupboard under the sink. Reverse
osmosis removes sodium, chloride, fluoride and other difficult-to-treat
contaminants. Not only does it make processing instruments much
easier, but also we have great drinking water and better-tasting coffee.
Jackie Dayton, RN
Surgery Center of Ophthalmology Consultants
Fort Wayne, Ind.
jdayton@ophc.com
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