A client with a suspected degenerative brain disease is having surgery to place an intracerebral shunt. Which of the following should be done with the instruments after this surgical procedure?
1. Sterilize with high-pressure steam.
2. Sterilize with the special treatment to eliminate prions.
3. Wash with bacteriostatic solution and submerge in an appropriate chemical bath.
4. Rinse with disinfectant and place in a gas sterilizer.
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Prion diseases are rare, but they can survive some sterilization processes, and chemical disinfectants are not strong enough to eliminate them. These instruments will need to be sterilized with a special treatment to eliminate the prions. High-pressure steam, bacteriostatic solutions, chemicals, disinfectants, and gas sterilizers are not known sterilization methods to eliminate prions.
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