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What should the sterilizer access area pressure be? - Negative w/10 air exchanges per hour What two steps are involved in decontamination? - 1. Manual and/or automated mechanical cleaning 2. application of a thermal or chemical disinfection process Define Cleaning... - The removal of contamination from an item to the extent necessary for further processing or for the intended use. nosocomial infections are well documented and caused by... - poor or ineffective decontamination of instruments What are Employee hazards in the decontamination process? - Technicians work with a large amount of 1) unidentified bioburden 2) wet enviornment 3) handling contaminated sharps 4) must know procedures for proper handling, equipment, cleaning/sterilization agents How do you properly clean a device? - follow the device manufacturer's written instructions What is the starting point in sterilization? - Cleaning