Cleaning medical devices is a wet, messy process. In this video, Krystina Hopkins, MPH outlines the findings from two recent realworld studies that show sterile processing technicians are getting drenched from head to toe and she calls for new solutions to protect workers.

This video covers content included in Ofstead & Associates’ free, 1hour, CEeligible webinar called “Making a splash: Contaminated droplet dispersal in decontamination areas” available here:
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Peerreviewed literature:
o Ofstead et al. Droplet dispersal in decontamination areas of instrument reprocessing suites. AJIC. 2022;50(2):126132. https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S...
o Ofstead et al. Splash generation and droplet dispersal in a welldesigned, centralized highlevel disinfection unit. AJIC. 2022;50(11):P12001207. https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S...
o Okamoto et al. A prospective, multicenter, clinical study of duodenoscope contamination after reprocessing. ICHE. 2022;43(12):19011909. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...

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