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Making the Case for Rigid Containers
Better instrument protection and environmental benefits are just a few of the reasons facilities are deciding to do away with blue wrap.
Jared Bilski
Publish Date: March 19, 2020   |  Tags:   Instrument Reprocessing and Care
BETTER OPTION Reprocessing techs appreciate the convenience and added efficiencies of working with rigid containers.

Why continue to carefully cover instrument trays with blue wrap — making even folds, straightening the edges and neatly taping the package shut — when you can place tools in the customized inlays of rigid sterilization containers, snap on a lid and send them through the autoclave? The choice seems obvious when you consider the benefits rigid containers offer to time-strapped sterile processing professionals.

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