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Water has often been referred to as the world’s original solvent. Each day, a typical sterile processing department will use thousands of gallons of water to reprocess medical instruments. For years, many healthcare facilities have relied upon the  AAMI TIR34 guideline, “Water for reprocessing of medical devices,” as the governing  document to establish and manage […]

Do the new water quality reporting mandates have you feeling you are falling behind in compliance? Are you overwhelmed by the amount of data required, how it should be interpreted, and what actions you should be taking? The reprocessing of medical devices calls for high-quality, clean water. Medical facilities must perform meticulous water testing and […]

Many Sterile Processing departments think they are receiving adequate steam from their Central Plant. This “dry steam” is produced by treating municipal water with softeners, chemicals, and steam filters. However, this is not Clean Steam and it can lead to issues with the instrument cleaning and maintenance problems with the equipment.

The water supplied to your Central Sterile Processing equipment is one of the most important inputs to your medical device reprocessing activities. Like any other process with inputs, “garbage in equals garbage out,” which means that if the inputs to your process do not meet specifications, then it will inevitably affect the outcomes and result […]