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2019年4月18日—TheSpauldingclassificationschemeplacesreusablemedicalinstrumentsordevicesintothreecategoriesofascendingriskforinfection.The ...

As stated in the 2008 CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Guideline for Sterilization and Disinfection in Healthcare Facilities, “... more than 30 years ago, Earle H. Spaulding devised a rational approach to disinfection and sterilization of patient-care items and equipment. This classification scheme is so clear and logical that it has been retained, refined and successfully used by infection control professionals and others when planning methods for disinfection or sterilization.”

The Spaulding classification scheme places reusable medical instruments or devices into three categories of ascending risk for infection. The lowest risk items are termed “non-critical” and include patient care equipment like blood pressure cuffs and wheelchairs. This equipment requires only cleaning and low-level disinfection and is generally not the respo...