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workflow ✔✔a one way flow of materials from the soiled decontamination are to the clean processing area and on to the sterile storage area receiving, decontamination, processing, storage, and di... stribution ✔✔what are the functional areas in SPD? the area when clean, sterile, and used items are returned to the SPD ✔✔what is receiving? unused or expired sterile items ✔✔what is clean receiving? accepts used items to be reprocessed and is the beginning of the decontamination and reprocessing cycle ✔✔what is dirty receiving? is where all soiled instruments and other items are received from using departments and made safe for further handling ✔✔what is decontamination? decontamination ✔✔prevents infection fro instrument to patient and vice versa, begins at point of use, lumens are flushed and instruments are presoaked/prerinsed/soaked prior to transport to SPD the first step in decontami [Show More]

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