Nursing concerns and hospital product sterilization.
Nurses and other health care professionals must be aware of the rationale and methodology for in-hospital health care product standardization, including consideration of the hospital standardization committee composition, pilot-study prerequisites, and general evaluation criteria. They must be familiar with the techniques of product sterilization, their effectiveness, and the materials required to maintain sterile product shelf-life until a product is used. Hospital standardization committees can assist in the product-use decisionmaking process. Product evaluation criteria should include considerations pertaining to cost, quality, service, and comparison to similar products.
D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D005027:Ethylene Oxide; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D011827:Radiation; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*
D005027:Ethylene Oxide