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2 0 O U T P AT 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 | M A R C H 2 0 1 6 S tudies suggest that a certain percentage of supposedly sterile instruments are compromised right out of your reprocessors' or vendors' packages, no matter how careful they are. And items that have been compromised present an infection risk to your patients — which is why I insist that my staff always inspect the pack- aging that sterile instruments come in. If You Can See Light Through The Wrap … • LOOK FOR LIGHT Inspect instrument wrappings for infection prevention's sake. George Corona, ORT Ideas Work That

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