Operating room staff are likely to get prompt feedback from sterile processing colleagues if they do not properly preclean or spray a medical instrument before sterilization, but such feedback is less likely to occur for employees in units farther from the OR, such as the women’s health or endoscopy units, according to infection preventionist Jill Holdsworth, CIC, CRCST, of Emory Hospital Midtown, in Atlanta.
At the 2021 virtual meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection