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Indicator placement and history
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From: (United States)   Date: 27 October 2004, 00:47 [GMT]
Subject: Indicator placement and history

#1 When was the first steam autoclave used

#2 where is the best place to place an indicator with-in a set of instruments that is to be wrapped and autoclaved for future use?

From: (Israel)   Date: 27 October 2004, 08:58 [GMT]
Subject: Re: Indicator placement and history
  1. The first autoclave was invented in 1884.
  2. The chemical indicator should be placed in that area of a package considered to be the least accessible to sterilization agent penetration. That area may or may not be the center of the package.

Regards,
Yaffa Raz

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