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    Central Sterilization Department

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    The Central Sterilization Department provides sterilization of hospital items and has specific areas and equipment for decontamination, sterilization, storage and distribution. Proper airflow, tracking, testing and logs are required to ensure sterilized items are safely processed and stored.

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    The Central Sterilization Department provides sterilization of hospital items and has specific areas and equipment for decontamination, sterilization, storage and distribution. Proper airflow, tracking, testing and logs are required to ensure sterilized items are safely processed and stored.

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    The Central Sterilization Department provides sterilization of hospital items and has specific areas and equipment for decontamination, sterilization, storage and distribution. Proper airflow, tracking, testing and logs are required to ensure sterilized items are safely processed and stored.

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    Central Sterilization Department

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    harpreet kaur brar
    The Central Sterilization Department provides sterilization of hospital items and has specific areas and equipment for decontamination, sterilization, storage and distribution. Proper airflow, tracking, testing and logs are required to ensure sterilized items are safely processed and stored.

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    Central Sterilization Department

    S. No. Yes No
    1 The CSD department provides disinfection and sterilization of items for
    the hospital.
    2 The traffic flow of the entire department should proceed from dirty to
    clean with two distinct areas and entrance/exits.
    3 Separate hand washing facilities must be provided. One in dirty area and
    another in the clean areas at minimum.
    4 Decontamination area in CSD needs negative air flow to keep
    contaminants in the room whereas the clean work room areas would be
    expected to have a positive airflow to blow possible contaminants and
    keep them from entering the room.
    5 All areas (decontamination, clean processing and sterilizer equipment
    rooms) should have direct exhausting of all air to the outdoors.
    6 Sterile storage areas should have positive pressure ventilation and should
    be exclusively for sterile packs.
    7 Storage areas must be adjacent to the processing areas with shelf storage
    to maintain sterilized items off the floor and have appropriate air
    circulation.
    8 Distribution carts are expected to be closed containers that are clean and
    kept outside but near the storage area for transporting items back to their
    respective units or the operating rooms.
    9 Personnel who are working in the decontamination areas have barrier
    protection equipment. This would include rubber gloves, waterproof
    aprons, supply of face masks that have shields and safety goggles.
    10 Disposable gloves should be used in all contact with soiled or used items.
    11 Staff should wash their hands and ideally put on a clean cover gown prior
    to entering the clean areas.
    12 It is suggested that linen inspection and packing be performed before or
    after the processing of solid instruments in order to decrease the
    incidence of lint or fiber contamination.
    13 A tracking system is needed to identify each item sterilized. It should
    indicate which sterilizer was used for that particular item, the date it was
    sterilized and in which load.
    14 All sterilized items are expected to have an expiry date clearly written on
    the wrapper ideally.
    15 Specialized equipment for cleaning, disinfection, drying, packaging and
    sterilization is available for Ultrasound Machine, Pressure water jet at
    decontamination sink, Air Pressure gun for drying, Instrument washing
    machine and approved autoclave packing paper/material.
    16 Bowie- Dick testing is performed daily on high-speed pre-vacuum
    sterilizers.
    17 Spore test are performed weekly.
    18 Spore testing is done when the sterilizer was installed after each major
    repair.
    19 Biological indicators are present in each load containing implants.
    20 Chemical indicators are placed inside each item or pack to be sterilized.
    21 A log is provided for each sterilizer within the department. Contents of the
    log should include but not limited to Each Sterilizer has a unique code,
    Results of daily function tests, Results of Spore test, Contents of each load,
    Any graph or machine generated printout that records exposure time and
    temperatures, Name of operator performing each load, All preventive
    maintenance provided Log records to be held for a one year period for
    each sterilizer.
    22 Each item or pack to be sterilized is labeled with Lot number which
    identifies the sterilizer, Date of Sterilization, Sterilization Cycle number,
    Initials of person who assembled the pack, expiry date
    Filled By: Verified By:

    Date:
    Verification Time :
    Please state the reason for discrepancies if any : ……………………………………………………………………….

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