1. Tips and Educational Activities - All staff have a role to play in helping to reduce the risk of contamination during instrument processing.
2. Strategies for Low-Resource Settings - Which methods of sterilization and HLD are most appropriate in low-resource settings? What can be done to deal with equipment and supply problems?
3. Educational Aids - Print out and use some or all of the following materials during training exercises, during staff education exercises, or for posting at your facility (click the "back" button on your browser to return to this page):
   
• Skills Practice Checklist #1 - Wrapping instruments and other items
• Skills Practice Checklist #2 - Wrapping gloves
• General Guidelines for Routine Maintenance of Autoclaves
• How to Make a 0.5% Chlorine Solution
• Steps of Decontamination
• Steps of Cleaning
• Steps of Steam Sterilization
• Steps of Dry-Heat Sterilization
• Steps of Chemical Sterilization
• Steps of HLD by Boiling
• Steps of Chemical HLD
• Steps of HLD by Steaming
• Steps of Wrapping Gloves for Steam Sterilization
• Steps of Wrapping Items for Sterilization

After reviewing this section, you will have completed this Instrument Processing module. If you have not already done so, you may want to try the case studies for this module for additional practice.

You may wish to begin the next module, Housekeeping, or return to the course home page to begin a different module.

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