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Q&A: Should we follow the advice of a new OB/GYN provider to our group practice to disinfect medical devices such as vaginal specula in our office dishwasher?

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You will not be able to disinfect medical devices in a household or office dishwasher, says Peggy Prinz Luebbert, MS,MT(ASCP), CIC, CHSP, owner and consultant for Healthcare Interventions, Inc., Omaha, NE. Dishwashers sanitize, not disinfect, and there is a difference, Leubbert explains in her OSHA Healthcare Advisor post, "Save the dishwasher for the dishes, not disinfecting vaginal specula."

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