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Keeping an instrument safe for patient’s use is the responsibility of all stakeholders. Refer to Table 2 for example of expected responsibility and accountability of each stakeholder.

Spaulding Classification System is used in determining appropriate level of reprocessing of patient-care items and equipment. The system classifies a medical device as critical, semi-critical, or non-critical on the basis of risk to patient safety from contamination on a device. The system also established three levels of germicidal activity (sterilization, high-level disinfection, and low-level disinfection) for strategies with the three classes of medical devices (critical e.g. implants, semi-critical e.g. bronchoscopes, and non-critical e.g....