What Should Be the First Step in Any Sterilization Method

question 11

Multiple Choice

What should be the first step in any sterilization method?

• A) Making sure the equipment is wrapped in cloth or paper.
• B) Making sure that the equipment to be sterilized is exposed to the sterilization solution.
• C) Cold sterilize the equipment to ensure that the equipment is properly processed.
• D) The first step is to disassemble the equipment, remove the foreign material on it,and washing it.

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Definitions:

Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

Legislation passed in 1930 that established very high tariffs. Its objective was to reduce imports and stimulate the domestic economy, but it resulted only in retaliatory tariffs by other nations.

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