Vol. VII, No. 7Archive > July, 2006
Does Your Flash Policy Need Freshening?
Find out how one facility updated its procedures.
Patricia L. Atkins, RN, BSN, CNOR
Our same day surgery unit has 10 ORs and three flash autoclaves in substerile rooms between sets of ORs. One flash autoclave is for rooms 1 through 4, another for rooms 5 through 8, and the third for rooms 9 and 10. When the unit opened in 1982, this configuration worked. Most of the cases were lumps-and-bumps and other minor procedures, and the instrument inventory matched the unit's needs quite well.
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