February 1, 2008

The ins and outs of sterile packaging

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A regular column on sterilization and infection control issues. Asterilizer may be functioning properly, but if all the steps leading up to actual sterilization have not been carried out properly, the processed item may not be sterile. One of those steps is packaging. The wrong package or packaging done incorrectly can result in an item not being sterile even though it has gone through the sterilization cycle. Woven fabrics, nonwoven…

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