Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 9 MAS 215 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Event-Related Shelf Life
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The idea
Many facilities treat a sterile package as sterile until an event contaminates it, rather than until a set date.
In practice
Such events include a torn wrapper, a broken seal or a wet package; the more a package is handled, the more likely contamination becomes.
Where people slip
Never use a sterile item whose package is wet, torn or punctured, or past a date the practice uses.
Your place on the trail
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