You Just Treated a Patient Who Is HIV Positive

question 7

Multiple Choice

You just treated a patient who is HIV positive.How should you handle the instruments and cassette after use?

• A) Follow routine instrument processing steps.
• B) Sterilize the instruments with a chemical sterilant first,rinse them,place them back in the cassette,and then follow routine instrument processing steps.
• C) Immediately heat-sterilize the instruments and then follow the routine instrument processing steps.
• D) Put the instrument cassette through the routine processing steps twice.

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