California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 5 - Licensing and Certification of Health Facilities, Home Health Agencies, Clinics, and Referral Agencies
Chapter 1 - General Acute Care Hospitals
Article 8 - Physical Plant
Section 70833 - Autoclaves and Sterilizers
Universal Citation: 22 CA Code of Regs 70833
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Autoclaves and sterilizers shall be maintained in operating condition at all times.
(b) Instructions for operating autoclaves and sterilizers shall be posted in the area where the autoclaves and sterilizers are located.
(c) Written procedures shall be developed, maintained and available to personnel responsible for sterilization of supplies and equipment that include, but are not limited to the following:
(1) Time, temperature and pressure for sterilizing the various bundles, packs, dressings, instruments, solutions, etc.
(2) Cleaning, packaging, storing and issuance of supplies and equipment.
(3) Dating and outdating of materials sterilized.
(4) Loading of the sterilizer.
(5) Daily checking of recording and indicating thermometers and filing for one year of recording thermometer charts.
(6) Monthly bacteriological test, the bacterial organism used and filing for one year of the test results.
(7) Length of aeration time for materials gas-sterilized.
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