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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.

No, steam and heat alter the sterliztion pouch or packaging surface, making pin holes more likely during reuse.

No. Touching a wet sterilization pouch will contaminate it and then you will have to repackage it and resterilize it. Microbes can be easily transferred to instruments through wet packaging. Further, during the cooling process, air in the pouch contracts, sucking microbes through the paper. Leave them in the sterilizer until completely cool and dry.…