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What Makes an Operating Room Sterile—and What Can Break Sterility?

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How the Surgical Team Creates and Protects the Sterile Field An operating room may look exceptionally clean, but cleanliness alone does not make it sterile. Floors, walls, equipment, and other surfaces are cleaned and disinfected to reduce microorganisms in the environment. The instruments and supplies that will come into direct contact with the surgical site,...
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How Do Sterile Processing Technicians Inspect Surgical Instruments? The Detective Work Behind Every Tray

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How Sterile Processing Technicians Identify, Test, Count, and Assemble Surgical Instruments Imagine being handed a table covered with unfamiliar surgical instruments. Some are long and curved. Others are tiny, hinged, sharp, or almost identical to the instrument beside them. Your job is to identify every item, determine whether it is clean and working correctly, and...
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How Is Technology Used in Sterile Processing? Inside the Modern Department

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How Technology Helps Sterile Processing Teams Track, Clean, Sterilize, and Protect Surgical Instruments When people picture a Sterile Processing department, they may imagine technicians washing surgical instruments by hand, arranging them on trays, and placing them into a sterilizer. Those activities are part of the work, but a modern department can also include barcode scanners,...
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