TY - SER TI - La central de esterilización, esa desconocida SN - 0210-5020 N1 - Este artículo se encuentra disponible en su edición impresa N2 - Any nursing professional will be surprised by the title of this work, but we believe that we have not made a mistake in naming it that way. Possibly, to those who work in a modern sterilization service, it does not tell them anything new, but there are still many centers in which the security of a true sterilization is lacking and where, in addition, the teaching possibilities, research, the new packaging techniques, controls and work systems that can be carried out in this service, which ensure greater efficiency and lead to transforming the austere and boring sterilization into a complete service, with great possibilities: a challenge for our initiatives and professionalism ER -