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Archive >  Infection Control 2010

Clearing the Confusion Over Flashing

Inside one of the most misunderstood, abused and controversial practices.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Perhaps no area of infection control has been the focus of as much of the surveyor's scrutiny as flash sterilization. And for good reason. Flashing might be the most misunderstood, abused and controversial practice in surgical facilities today.

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