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“If I Could Save Time in a Bottle” Selecting Detergents for Fast Cycles

The singer Jim Croce said it best in a song from the seventies, “If I could save time in a bottle.” Is it possible to save time by selecting the right bottle of detergent for instrument washer fast cycles? A main wash fast cycle time of 2 to 3 minutes may be efficient but before…

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The Two Major Types of Water Used in Sterile Processing

You may have heard the terms “Utility” water and “Critical” water. Whatever happened to “tap” water and “treated” water? Those terms were not specific enough to define how best to process instruments in a Sterile Processing department. Tap water is supposed to meet the EPA drinking water standards. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. “Utility”…

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