How to Achieve Clinically Dry Medical Device Lumens

What does ‘dry’ mean, why does it matter, and how do you test for it? 

Dryness is a concept that challenges many sterile processing professionals. It’s a particular concern in healthcare facilities because  residual moisture can inhibit the sterilization process and because it provides a potential conduit for contamination in sterilized 
packs and inside device channels.¹ For these reasons, medical device instructions for use typically require that devices including  endoscopes and other devices with channels and lumens be “thoroughly dried” before sterilization or high-level disinfection.² But 
what does this mean? How is it measured? 

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