Clean versus sterile: a review of the literature.
To use clean or to use sterile is a question that is posed every day in clinical practice. While this review of the literature can not definitively answer the question, it does provide insight for ET nurses and other specialists who include wound care or urinary continence in their clinical practice.
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Rutland Regional Medical Center, VT 05701, USA.
D001207:Asepsis / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality