When the sterilizer door is opened, wrapped instruments must be removed immediately to begin cooling and drying on a cool surface
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
ANS: F
Once the sterilizer door is opened, the load of wrapped instruments is not touched and is left to dry for 15 to 60 minutes. Packages are then unloaded onto a surface containing mesh shelves padded with an absorbent material. Warm packages placed on a solid, cold surface may become damp from steam condensation and will become contaminated by strike-through.
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