Visitors must move out of the way so the instruments can be trasported without hindrance

Central Service Techs must always yield right of way to patients and visitors

Before transport, reusable sharps should be kept together with other instruments

The soiled instrument should be transported in an open container or cart

Special precautions

Physical data

Product identification

Required inventory levels

The sterilizer should be taken out of service

Any items processed in the load should be recalled

The occurence shoud be reported to the CS department superviser

All of the above are true

OSHA

The Joint Commission

AORN

AAMI

After the sterilizer printouts have been reviewed by the technician

Immediately after the sterilization has reached the recommended cycle time

After the sterilizer printouts have been reviewed and signed and if all parameters were met

If the load is observed to have no wet packs and printouts have been reviewed by the technician

It should be immediately sent to decontamination area to be processed

It should be dispatched for patient use if the vendor is known to the healthcare facility

It should be stored in the sterile package area

It should be safety checked and tested by Biomedical technician

know how to properly clean the chamber

understand how the sterilizer operates

understand how to test the thermostatic trap

know how to properly maintain the jacket

dilution

organic matter

time

all the above

They use the process of impingement to clean instruments

They should never be used to clean complex instruments

They use the process of cavitation to clean instruments

They are used before manual cleaning

Osteotomes

Richardson

Weitlaner

Rongeurs