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Hand-Healthy Hand Scrubs - December 2013 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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OSE_1213_part2_Layout 1 12/5/13 2:52 PM Page 51 S T E R I L I Z A T I O N Dan O'Connor Editor-in-Chief CONTAINMENT PANS Transport flashed instruments from the sterilizer to the point of use in a sealed container that's approved for flashing. Lessons on Flashing I mmediate-use steam sterilization (née flashing) is about as rare as a lunar eclipse at some outpatient surgical centers. Take the Sharp Chula Vista (Calif.) Outpatient Surgery Center, for example. This year, they've flashed 6 times — or once every 333 or so procedures. That was high compared to last year, when they flashed all of 4 times. "And those times when we had to do it, everybody felt bad about it," says Manager Mindy Hoffman, RN, CNOR. "If we flashed, you can bet it was a true emergency" — like an odd drill bit that came in from a loaner ortho set or a retractor wing nut that fell to the floor while someone was trying to tighten it. D E C E M B E R 2013 | O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E 5 1

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