Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 1095-1100, June 2007

Recommended practices for cleaning and sterilizing intraocular surgical instruments

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 Prepared February 16, 2007, by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Ad Hoc Task Force on Cleaning and Sterilization of Intraocular Instruments.Guidance provided by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Editor's Note: These guidelines were distributed with the March issue of JCRS. We are reprinting them in this issue so they can be cited and made available to all ophthalmic personnel.

PII: S0886-3350(07)00493-2

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.03.020

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  • Erratum

    Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery March 2008 (Vol. 34, Issue 3, Page 348)

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 1095-1100, June 2007