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Archive >  Infection Control 2008

Your Role in Reprocessing

What an administrator must know about instrument sterilization.

Erik Geiger, RN, CNOR

Your reprocessing staff often works in isolation from the surgical suite, their work — and the continued availability of sterile instruments — often taken for granted. But as an administrator, you play a role in their work, too. Here's a short course on what you should know about instrument sterilization.

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