Lesson 27 · Sterilization Process
A negative spore test does not prove every item is sterile. It shows the cycle met the conditions that sterilize.
In this lesson
Say why you check conditions instead of testing items for sterility, place and read external and internal chemical indicators, review and sign the physical record, know the air removal and leak tests, and run biological indicators with their controls, challenge devices and implant rules on each method's schedule.
- Chemical indicators and the sterilizer's own recordShort read · 4 min
- Check yourself5 questions
- Biological indicators, challenge devices and implantsShort read · 4 min
- Put it to work13 questions
About 16 min · 2 short reads · 18 questions