Cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing reusable medical and surgical instruments and equipment, and maintenance of associated environments in health care facilties
Edition
Revised edition
Published
Sydney N.S.W. : Standards Australia International ; Wellington, N.Z. : Standards New Zealand, 2003
Foreword -- Section 1. Scope and general -- Section 2. Cleaning and handling of used items -- Section 3. Packaging and wrapping of items prior to sterilization -- Section 4. Sterilizing equipment -- Section 5. Loading of sterilizers -- Section 6. Unloading of sterilizers -- Section 7. Purchasing, validation, monitoring and maintenance of sterilizers and associated equipment -- Section 8. Quality management -- Section 9. Storage and handling of processed items -- Section 10. Disinfection -- Section 11. Cleaning of the sterilizing processing facility and associated equipment -- Section 12. Selection and care of instruments -- Section 13. Use of operating room textiles -- Appendices
Notes
Prepared by the Joint Technical Committee HE-023, Processing of Medical and Surgical Instruments and Equipment
Originated as AS 4187:1994; Previous edition 1998; Jointly revised and designated as AS/NZS 4187:2003