Method of sterilization verification
AssigneeTurbett Surgical, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Turbett, Richard D. Richmond
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Abstract
A method of verifying sterilization comprises performing a sterilization cycle on a sterilizing cabinet, opening the door with the first filter overlying the vent port by a single user being non-sterile and ungowned and examining the first filter, by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, to verify the integrity of the sterilization cycle in the sterilizing device, determining if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, and removing, by the single user being sterile and gowned, through the access port at least one tray from the interior of the sterilizing cabinet if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable.
Claims19
A method for verifying sterilization, the method comprising:
- performing a sterilization cycle on a sterilizing cabinet having an access port, an interior having at least one tray sized to retain a plurality of medical instruments, and a door having a vent port and a filter overlying the vent port, the door connected to the sterilizing cabinet and moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the sterilizing cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port;
- opening the door with the first filter overlying the vent port by a single user being non-sterile and ungowned;
- examining the first filter, by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, to verify the integrity of the sterilization cycle in the sterilizing device;
- determining if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned;
- removing, by the single user being sterile and gowned, through the access port at least one tray from the interior of the sterilizing cabinet if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable.
A method for verifying sterilization, the method comprising:
- performing a sterilization cycle on a sterilizing cabinet, the sterilizing cabinet having an access port and a door connected to the sterilizing cabinet, the door having a vent port and a filter overlying the vent port, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the sterilizing cabinet having at least one tray sized to retain a plurality of medical instruments, and a closed position precluding passage though the access port;
- removing the door having the filter overlying the vent port by a single user being non-sterile and ungowned;
- examining the filter, by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, to verify the integrity of the sterilization cycle in the sterilizing device;
- determining whether the integrity of the filter is acceptable by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned;
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- removing at least one tray from the interior of the sterilizing cabinet through the access port by the single user being sterile and gowned if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.