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A pilot study comparing pattern of damage sustained among instruments from different surgical units in a tertiary care centre in Nepal – reappraising the role of instrument reprocessing in retaining their value

2018-01-23

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<h4>Background: </h4> The quality of instruments plays a pivotal role in governing safe operating room culture. The reprocessing system followed in the institution determines their durability thereby ensuring patient safety as well as minimizing health spending. Rigorous reprocessing in a centralized instrument reprocessing department by well trained staff following formulated guidelines helps to achieve the targe...

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Literature Corpus work: 4da2c442-1b9b-5bd4-a51d-80bc33644820
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.13699.1

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