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3. OFF THEY GO A
member of the SPD
staff completes the 4-
or 5-point check, as
appropriate, for each
load of sterilized
instruments before
they are placed in
case carts for trans-
port to the ORs.
4. SURGICAL
CHECKPOINT
Once
the instruments
reach the OR, the
circulating nurse
and scrub tech use
the 4- or 5-point
check when setting
up a room to con-
firm that the sterili-
zation indicators
have turned the cor-
rect color and that
load locator barcode
stamps are present.
