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The Future of Knee Repair - February 2016 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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low-temp, for example) and the name of the set that's in the container or wrapped pack. The sets are then loaded into the sterilizer, which electronically monitors every cycle to ensure specified parameters have been met. Whether blue wrap or rigid containers are used, we place steriliza- tion indicators in the most challenging spots for steam to reach — under instruments and in corners. For example, we place 2 indicators on each level of multilevel trays in rigid containers. The containers are also locked with disposable plastic clips that contain a sterilization indicator dot, so we can quickly see that they passed through cycles properly before sending them to the ORs. When lids are popped in the OR, staff there can confirm that steam reached all of the instruments with a quick check of the indicators we placed before sterilization.

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