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Do not release the load of instruments for use. Check the physical controls (temperature, cycle time, etc.) and print out if available. Verify that correct cycle time, temperature and pressure are in use.Determine if the sterilizer is overloaded. Evaluate how items are loaded. Packages placed paper to paper or stacked flat instead of on edge…

Foam acts as a carrier for enzyme cleaning action into crevices and jointed areas. It also “blankets” the instruments to help suppress odors. ProEZ foam has a unique foaming agent that is laboratory tested and clinically demonstrates ability to sustain moisture up to 72 hours.

No. Your sterilization monitoring program must include biological spore tests, preferably at least once a week in each operational sterilizer in use.The ProChek S does not replace biological spore tests.  

Use of sterilization packaging is the proper way to maintain sterility of an item after it has been successfully processed in a sterilizer.

Sterility lass indefinitely inside a sterilization pouch, because sterility is event-related, not time-related. In other words, something has to happen to the packaged item to cause it to become unsterile.

Anything which compromises the sterilzation pouch or package, such as: holes, wetness, broken seals, dropping on floor, dirt or abrasion, etc.