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How to Reprocess Surgical Instruments used in Chemotherapy or in contact with other Hazardous Drugs

There are precautions that must be adhered to when handling instruments that may have been exposed to chemotherapy or Hazardous Drugs (HD)..

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Stop, Lock, and Roll: The Upside to Locking Things Down in Your SPD

“Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “Doris.” “Doris who?” “Doris locked, that’s why I had to knock.” As a department that lives and works behind the red line, we understand the value of controlling our surroundings in sterile processing. We keep the pass-through window closed in the decontamination area to keep the air pressure negative and the…

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When It’s My Surgery: Fear, Trust, and Our Sterile Processing Moment

On this CE-approved release of Articles-On-The-Go, Hank Balch examines what it’s like to be on the “other” side of the instrument, and to experience surgery as a patient…”Ultimately, I was confronted with only one choice — trust the process. I had…

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