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*Thoroughly clean all equipment and devices to be sterilized or disinfected. | |||
* Whenever possible, use steam sterilization (by autoclaving) or high-level disinfection by wet heat pasteurization at >158 F (>70°C) for 30 minutes for reprocessing semicritical equipment or devices | |||
*Use sterile water for rinsing reusable semicritical respiratory equipment and devices when rinsing is needed after they have been chemically disinfected. | |||
*Do not routinely sterilize or disinfect the internal machinery of mechanical ventilators | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]
Overview
Prevention
Sterilization or Disinfection and Maintenance of Equipment and Devices
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| Table adapted from CDC[1][2] | |
References
- ↑ "CDC Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care--Associated Pneumonia, 2003".
- ↑ Coffin, Susan E.; Klompas, Michael; Classen, David; Arias, Kathleen M.; Podgorny, Kelly; Anderson, Deverick J.; Burstin, Helen; Calfee, David P.; Dubberke, Erik R.; Fraser, Victoria; Gerding, Dale N.; Griffin, Frances A.; Gross, Peter; Kaye, Keith S.; Lo, Evelyn; Marschall, Jonas; Mermel, Leonard A.; Nicolle, Lindsay; Pegues, David A.; Perl, Trish M.; Saint, Sanjay; Salgado, Cassandra D.; Weinstein, Robert A.; Wise, Robert; Yokoe, Deborah S. (2008). "Strategies to Prevent Ventilator‐Associated Pneumonia in Acute Care Hospitals •". Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 29 (S1): S31–S40. doi:10.1086/591062. ISSN 0899-823X.