Sterility Assurance Level (SAL)

Class 6 Emulating Indicators: One Hospital's Journey

Over the past 17 years of my career, I have never scrubbed in on a surgery case, never set up a sterile field, never prepped a surgical site and never opened a sterile package, being ever so diligent to maintain the contents’ integrity. But what I have done is ...More
April 29, 2009
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Infection Control Today - 08/2003: NO MAGIC NUMBER FOR INSTRUMENT-SET WEIGHT

NO MAGIC NUMBER FOR INSTRUMENT-SET WEIGHT By Becki Harter, CST, RCST. CRCST, FEL Over the years, many articles have been written on the management of instrument-set weight in the central sterile/sterile processing (CS/SP) department. Regulatory standards and professional ...More
August 1, 2003
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization