Precleaning instruments; proper use of container signage

[...]for personnel safety, we should strive to minimize the excessive handling of contaminated items. Guidelines and standards do state that gross soil should be removed from surgical instruments at the point-of-use and that soiled instruments should be maintained in a moistened state in transit and prior to the start of the decontamination/cleaning process. Instruments from a procedure or treatment room are placed in a small transport container and carried to the utility room and transferred into a larger container where they are held until the larger container of soiled items are returned to CPD.