title: Assessment of Residual Moisture and Maintenance of Sterility in Surgical Instrument Sets after Sterilization.
abstract: Good sterilization practices include discarding items containing residual moisture after steam sterilization. In this small laboratory study, however, the presence of residual water did not appear to compromise the sterility of surgical instruments in 2 commonly used types of packaging during routine storage after steam sterilization.
authors.affiliation: 1Unité de stérilisation,Centre Hospitalier Métropole Savoie,Rhône-Alpes,France.
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fayard
authors.affiliation: 1Unité de stérilisation,Centre Hospitalier Métropole Savoie,Rhône-Alpes,France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.affiliation: 2Unité de stérilisation,Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble,Rhône-Alpes,France.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guimier-Pingault
authors.affiliation: 3Laboratoire de Microbiologie,Centre Hospitalier Métropole Savoie,Rhône-Alpes,France.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levast
authors.affiliation: 4Laboratoire de Virology,Département des Agents Infectieux,Institut de Biologie et de Pathologie,Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble,Rhône-Alpes,France.
authors.forename: Raphaelle
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Germi
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D013227:Steam; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000382:microbiology*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D013227:Steam; D014867:Water