Title: Clean equipment.
Course: Medical Assistant II (14151-II) > Section: Maintaining Medical and Surgical Asepsis

Cleaning equipment, in addition to disinfecting it, should include the following:

- Sanitizing contaminated instruments
- Performing chemical disinfection
- Wrapping instruments for autoclaving
- Sterilizing articles in an autoclave

in accordance with policy and procedure, according to manufacturer’s instructions.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Which commonly-used medical instruments require chemical disinfection? How is this accomplished?
- What is the difference between medical and surgical asepsis? Under what circumstances is each used? Why?