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Archive > November, 2003 Vol. IV, No. 11

Infection Prevention

Clarifying the Expiration-Date Debate

Dan Mayworm

Dan Mayworm Q You've made a point of saying that we shouldn't use expiration dates on our sterilized packages. Are dates ever relevant?

A While it's true that expiration dates have no meaning regarding the loss of sterility of the contents, they could have a meaning if there is something inside the package that could expire with age, such as drugs, rubber, gaskets and seals.

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