At the beginning of each surgical day....

STEP 1
Fully expose the blade and gently insert it directly into the wet cleaning pad located in the larger of the compartments. Gently work the blade back and forth through the cleaning pad in a cutting fashion, creating about a ¼ to ½ inch slice in the pad. Several passes back and forth will remove tissue and other debris from the blade surface and the blade / handle junction and deposit it into the pad.  Examine the blade to make certain it is visibly clean.  Repeat if necessary.

STEP 2
To rinse the Solution from the blade and to remove any residual debris, repeat the above procedure in both of the two smaller compartments located just above the larger cleaning compartment. Always start with the rinse compartment located to your left side and perform a final rinse in the compartment located to the right.

STEP 3
Close the blade, wipe the handle clean, place into sterilization tray or sterilization pouch. Sterilize according to knife manufacturer instructions.

....at the end of the day dispose the used tray along with its contents.