ABCs of instrument care. This summary breaks down the mandatory and crucial steps to making surgical instruments last a long time. If you follow this simple guide, your surgical instrument performance and longevity can greatly improve. Rick Schultz is an author, inventor, and lecturer, and the retired chief executive officer/founder of Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. Schultz served as contributing editor of Healthcare Sterile Processing Association’s (HSPA) Central Service Technical Textbook (fifth to eighth editions). He authored multiple textbooks, including The World of Surgical Instruments for Animal Health released in January 2022.
