Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 9 MAS 205 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Critical Items Must Be Sterile
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The idea
Any item that enters sterile tissue or the vascular system must be sterile, because any contamination could transmit disease.
In practice
Most critical items are bought sterile or sterilized with steam; heat-sensitive items use other approved sterilization methods.
Where people slip
A critical item that may have been contaminated is not used until it is reprocessed.
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