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FLASH MOB Lancaster General's (left to right) Trish Stoutzenberger, ST, CRCST, CHL, manager of central sterile supply; Tom Gallagher, CRCST, sterile processing technician; and Zach Schulz, CST, certified surgical technologist.
Do's and Don'ts Of Immediate-Use Sterilization
If you're going to flash your instruments, at least do it right. Here are 6 keys.
Trish L. Stoutzenberger, ST, CRCST, CHL | Lancaster, Pa.
Immediate-use sterilization is an effective way to quickly get instruments back into the hands of physicians when — and only when — emergent situations prevent the possibility of full reprocessing cycles. But there remains a disconnect between operating rooms and sterile processing departments about when rapid steam cycles are
