Immediate use steam sterilization and heat-sensitive devices at the point of use

Lesson 21 · Sterilization Process

Immediate use steam sterilization and heat-sensitive devices at the point of use

Immediate use steam sterilization is no shortcut: every normal step still happens, and the item goes straight to use.

In this lesson

Say what point-of-use processing is and when immediate use steam sterilization (IUSS) is and is not acceptable, run an IUSS cycle with its monitors and records the way the manual describes, and process a heat-sensitive device at the point of use.

1. 1When immediate use steam sterilization is allowedShort read · 4 min
2. 2Check yourself5 questions
3. 3Doing it right: the cycle, its proof and heat-sensitive devicesShort read · 4 min
4. 4Put it to work8 questions

About 16 min · 2 short reads · 13 questions