Care and maintenance
Nine fundamental rules for the handling and perfect maintenance of surgical instruments
- 1- Use the instruments suitably by not dropping them
- 2- Clean the instruments immediately after using
- 3- Handle the instruments carefully to avoid damaging tips and/or blades
- 4- Open the instruments with articulation or zipper for cleaning and sterilization. The instruments which allow a disassembly must be dismantled every time (Preferably use an ultrasonic washer)
- 5- Rinse the instruments carefully after cleaning to remove detergent completely
- 6- Examine the function of each instrument and separate all the faulty instruments for their repairing
- 7- Dry the not needed instruments in the next intervention well, and deposit them in the storage
- 8- Dry the instruments to be use in the next intervention well, and sterilize them
- 9- Use the instruments according to their usage
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