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Low-temperature sterilizers
are workhorses of the sterile processing department
for getting heat-sensitive
instruments back to the OR.
Low-Temperature Sterilization:
Are You In the Know?
Advice for reprocessing delicate items that can't
stand the heat.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
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or those complex surgical
Let's Stamp Out SSIs, Part 10
instruments that can't tolerate
the high heat of steam steriliza-
tion, you have a growing number of
low-temperature alternatives from
which to choose. Cycle times is a key
concern. Here's how your low-temper- This Month: Low-Temperature Sterilization
ature sterilization options stack up by
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