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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Autoclave Bags</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/18722/autoclave-bags</link><description> Hey VNs 
 What is your practice protocol on resterilising instruments in these bags? How often? 
 There are so many different opinions. 
 
 Thanks </description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>Re: Autoclave Bags</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/134251?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:14:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:bd088611-5a11-4f56-ab06-da4549f2b325</guid><dc:creator>Vickipr</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;We re-sterilise every 3 months as well :-)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Autoclave Bags</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/134250?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:03:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:8ab47168-0ef4-4b2d-9164-ae6d696deac9</guid><dc:creator>Ben Gardner RVN</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m sure you probably don&amp;#39;t need to however we are a new practice so don&amp;#39;t have the same amount of procedures.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Autoclave Bags</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/134245?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:31:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7bcb2def-6412-4fb8-8020-0737a961e853</guid><dc:creator>Julie-Anne Wilson</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;We don&amp;#39;t normally find the need to resterilise. &amp;nbsp;Our less commonly used instruments aren&amp;#39;t sterilised until the day before we need them and we get enough operations that we tend to go through everything before the date runs out. &amp;nbsp;But it&amp;#39;d probably be three months if we had to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Autoclave Bags</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/134239?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:42:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:0ea37fbf-4404-4c6d-826e-a4ef68f3a252</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Every 3 months for us as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Autoclave Bags</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/134230?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:08:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:475928bd-fceb-4ec2-a1b7-d44b46d0e82a</guid><dc:creator>vickicannings</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Benjamin&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I also do it every three months, and keep in cupboards or sealed containers.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Vicki&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Autoclave Bags</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/134228?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:35:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:00a296eb-1b3f-4871-8c12-0abd8e152577</guid><dc:creator>Catherine Raymond</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;We redo ours every three months. &amp;nbsp;They are kept in cupboards or in sealed container units.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Autoclave Bags</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/134222?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:50:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:0f153996-5464-44e7-9397-2e1f41d6c0d5</guid><dc:creator>Steph SVN</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;We resterilise every 6 weeks&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Autoclave Bags</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/134221?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:51:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:01a3536a-ba0c-4dc4-9cee-b51cb32e5be6</guid><dc:creator>caz vn1</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;we do ours every 3 months&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>