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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
卷 46, 期 7, 页码 837-839出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.11.031
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Sterility
Surgical instrument trays are wrapped for sterilization, and these wraps are inspected by operating room personnel for defects before using the instruments. In this study, we intentionally damaged wraps, and these wraps were evaluated by operating room personnel. Examiners correctly identified a wrapper's sterile integrity with an overall 56.1% accuracy, with correct identification of 67.2% for defects between 2 and 5 cm. However, studies have shown bacterial contamination through defects as small as 1.1 mm. This study suggests that the current method for assessing sterility is inadequate. (C) 2018 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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