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A medical assistant is responsible for the care and maintenance of all instruments and equipment in a health care provider's office. What precautions are necessary when contaminated instruments are placed
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A medical assistant is responsible for the care and maintenance of all instruments and equipment in a health care provider's office. What precautions are necessary when contaminated instruments are placed in a basin of disinfectant solution following a surgery?

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ANSWER: SEPARATION OF DELICATE EQUIPMENTS/INSTRUMENTS

EXPLANATION: When dealing with equipments paced In a basin for disinfection, the medical assistant should:

1. firstly separate delicate equipments;

2. wash the equipment with soap and clean water;

3. then, rinse the equipment totally with clean water.

4. Lastly, disinfect the equipment to terminate any remaining pathogens on the equipments.

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