A CST is setting up the back table and Mayo stand for a total hip arthroplasty. The supervisor of the CSPD enters the OR and informs the CST that the test steam BI turned yellow for the load in which the surgical instruments were processed through the steam sterilizer. 1. What does the yellow color indicate to the CST? 2. How long was the steam biological monitor incubated? 3. At what temperature is the biological monitor incubated? 4. What other actions must the supervisor of the central sterile processing department take?

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A CST is setting up the back table and Mayo stand for a total hip arthroplasty. The supervisor of the
CSPD enters the OR and informs the CST that the test steam BI turned yellow for the load in which the
surgical instruments were processed through the steam sterilizer.
1. What does the yellow color indicate to the CST?
2. How long was the steam biological monitor incubated?
3. At what temperature is the biological monitor incubated?
4. What other actions must the supervisor of the central sterile processing department take?

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