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Archive >  Infection Control 2009

4 Easy Steps to Effective Decontamination

Remember this cornerstone of instrument reprocessing: Surgical instruments must be cleaned before they are sterilized.

Nola Bayes, CRCST, CIS

Cleaning surgical instruments, the most important part of the decontamination process, begins as soon as an instrument leaves the surgeon's hand. Pass these 4 steps to your nurses and techs so they realize that properly sterilizing the tools of their trade is a total team effort that starts in the OR.

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