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Today's Sterilizer Is Not Your Father's Water Heater
Author(s) -
Moore Thomas K. “Chip”
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2009.04.002
Subject(s) - sterilization (economics) , computer science , perioperative nursing , perioperative , operations management , business , medicine , surgery , engineering , finance , exchange rate , foreign exchange market
Today's sterilizers are sophisticated, automatic, and computerized devices that accurately execute programmed jobs, creating uniform conditions inside pressure vessels to achieve sterilization. Specialized knowledge is necessary to ensure that the right cycle is selected; this requires an educated and competent operator. Perioperative nurses need to understand regulatory requirements for sterilizers, sterilizer design and performance validation, sterilizer cycle functions for everyday use, and everyday sterilization procedures. AORN J 90 (July 2009) 81–88. © AORN, Inc, 2009.