Information on Flash Sterilization

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Flash Sterilization The Fundamental Issues
By Jack Donaldson, BSN, CNOR, CSPDM; and Kathy Donaldson, RN, CNOR, CSPDT
A case study of one medical center's flash sterilization practices. Original article found in Infection Control Today issue 10/06/2000

 Step -by - Step Flash Sterilization
Nancy Chobin, RN, CSPDM
Editor's note: This article is not being published to advocate flash sterilization but rather to explain how the technique is performed.

 Flash Guard - a system for Flash Sterilization
The only system with full instrument set capability - 3 minute flash (gravity displacement) cycles at 270 degrees F.

 Patient Injury From Flash Sterilized Instruments.
The recommended use of flash sterilization
is for the emergency sterilization of unwrapped, nonporous metal

 Flash: What You Need to Know
Sterilization in a Flash-Not a quick fix, flash sterilization requires discipline to be effective: By Charles O. Hancock, RAC