To help prolong the life of your surgical instruments, Spectrum Surgical offers 10 practices to avoid when handling and cleaning your surgical instruments.
Avoid the following:
- Allowing blood to dry on surgical instruments
- Soaking surgical instruments in water
- Soaking surgical instruments in saline
- Long periods of soaking surgical instruments will cause damages
- Allowing water to dry onto surgical instruments
- Sterilizing surgical instruments with ratchets closed
- Improperly using the surgical instrument
- Improperly using cleaning solutions and lubricants
- Rough handling of surgical instruments
- Rough dumping of surgical instruments
For more information regarding how to properly handle your surgical instruments visit our Website or purchase our very own illustrated guide called Inspecting Surgical Instruments.


