AS/NZS 4815:2001
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Office-based health care facilities not involved in complex patient procedures and processes - Cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing reusable medical and surgical instruments and equipment, and maintenance of the associated environment
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30-06-2017
English
09-02-2001
Sets out procedures and process development, which can be validated for the cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of reusable medical and surgical instruments and equipment, and maintenance of associated environments in office-based health care facilities not involved in complex patient procedures and processes. Suitable for medical, dental, surgical, allied health and skin penetration practices. May also be suitable for application to the instruments and equipment used exclusively on animals in a veterinary practice.
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HE-023
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DocumentType |
Standard
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ISBN |
0 7337 3751 X
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Pages |
72
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PublisherName |
Standards Australia
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Status |
Superseded
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This Standard sets out procedures and process development which can be validated for the cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of reusable medical and surgical instruments and equipment, and maintenance of associated environments in office-based health care facilities not involved in complex patient procedures and processes.The Standard is suitable for medical, dental, surgical and allied health facilities and skin penetration establishments. The Standard may also be suitable for application to the instruments and equipment used exclusively on animals in veterinary practice.The Standard does not apply to items intended by the manufacturer for single use only, or complex cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing processes, such as those involving anaesthetic equipment processing, endoscopy equipment processing and processes involving low temperature sterilizing systems. For these processes, reference to AS 4187 is required.
First published as AS/NZS 4815:2001.
AS 2182-1998 | Sterilizers - Steam - Benchtop |
AS 3789.2-1991 | Textiles for health care facilities and institutions Theatre linen and pre-packs |
AS 2487-1981 | Dry heat sterilizers (hot air type) |
AS 2773.2-1999 | Ultrasonic cleaners for health care facilities Benchtop |
AS 4187-1998 | Cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing reusable medical and surgical instruments and equipment, and maintenance of associated environments in health care facilities |
AS/NZS 4146:2000 | Laundry practice |
AS 2945-1998 | Batch-type washer/disinfectors for health care facilities |
AS 1410-1987 | Sterilizers - Steam - Pre-vacuum |
AS/NZS 3816:1998 | Management of clinical and related wastes |
AS 2487-2002 | Dry heat sterilizers |
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