Dangerous Decontamination: The Unnecessary Perils of Instrument Cleaning

摘要

The decontamination portion of sterile processing is not for the faint of heart. Every manner of bioburden, infectious disease, and surgical residuals can be present at this stage of instrument reprocessing. From human immunodeficiency virus to tuberculosis, femoral heads to human waste, if it enters an operating room (OR), it can enter a sterile processing decontamination room.