Sterilization Guidelines - ICRC

STERILIZATIONGUIDELINESI nternational Committee of the Red Cross19, avenue de la Paix1202 Geneva, SwitzerlandT +41 22 734 60 01 F +41 22 733 20 57E mail: ICRC, December 2014 Cover photos: Julie Barnet/ICRC, Reda instruments, Jeannette de Vries/ICRCSTERILIZATIONGUIDELINES3 Sterilization GUIDELINESTABLE OF CONTENTS1. Terms and abbreviations 52. Introduction 63. Acknowledgements 74. General information 85. Principles of contamination Methods of reducing the bioburden 116. Classification of instruments (Spaulding Classification) 127. Organizing the Sterilization department The flow of instruments through the central sterile supplies department The cleaning (or dirty) zone The packaging (or clean) zone The autoclaving (or sterile) zone The storage and distribution zone 158. Water and electricity needs 169. The Sterilization cycle Collection Pre disinfection Cleaning, disinfection and drying Checking to ensure instruments are and remain intact Packaging Two types of paper American folding technique Saturated steam Sterilization the autoclave General information The steam Sterilization cycle Sterilization cycle temperature Safety Control Checking the Sterilization cycle Chemical indicators = TST STRIP External indicato

Disinfection The use of disinfectant solution to destroy or prevent the growth of organisms capable of infection High‑level disinfection The elimination of vegetative forms of bacteria and viruses by immersing pre‑disinfected and cleaned instruments in a disinfectant solution; used for semi‑critical materials that cannot

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