Sterilization prepares instruments to be used within,and on,sterile tissues.It kills vegetative microorganisms and endospores within a probability of 10⁶.The process of decontamination prepares instruments to be:
A) handled without gloves and prepared for sterilization.
B) free of bioburden and safely handled with gloves.
C) clean at a high level of disinfection.
D) None of the options are correct.

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The efficacy of the sterilization process depends in part on lowering or limiting the amount of bioburden present on the item to be sterilized.Items to be sterilized should be precleaned to lower the bioburden to the lowest possible level.Items that were soiled with blood or body fluids and that have only been cleaned may not have been sufficiently decontaminated to allow handling by workers not wearing protective attire.If such an item tolerates high-pressure water washing,it can be decontaminated further by processing through an unwrapped washer/disinfector cycle.It is then safe to handle.It is recommended that gloves be worn during preparation and wrapping until meticulous inspection has cleared the instruments to be handled without gloves.

Sterilization Prepares Instruments to Be Used Within,and On,sterile Tissues