Week 5 Instruments

Question	Answer
Cassette Wrap	Used a barrier to cover the cassette during sterilization and storage
Sterilization Pouches	Available in a range of sizes. Consists of paper, plastic and indicator. Instruments or cassettes are sterilized in these.
Indicator Tape	Used to secure wrap on cassettes. Used on the outside of the cassettes or pouches to indicate exposure to a certain temperature.
Biological Monitoring	The only approved way to confirm whether sterilization has occurred and if all bacteria and endospores have been killed.
Process Integrators	Placed internal. They respond to a combination of pressure, temperature and time.
Process Indicator	External. Placed on the outside of instrument packages. They identify if instrument packs/pouches have been exposed to a certain temperature.
Ultrasonic Cleaning Unit	Precleans instruments. Removes debris and bioburden from instruments with sound waves.
Image: Wrap (binary/octet-stream)	Cassette Wrap
Image: Pouches (binary/octet-stream)	Sterilization Pouches
Image: Tape (binary/octet-stream)	Indicator Tape
Image: Biologicalmon (binary/octet-stream)	Biological Monitoring
Image: Integrators (binary/octet-stream)	Process Integrators
Image: Indicator (binary/octet-stream)	Process Indicator
Image: Ultrasonic (binary/octet-stream)	Ultrasonic Cleaning Unit

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	Created by Stefani Rojas Covarrubias almost 2 years ago