New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 43G - HOSPITAL LICENSING STANDARDS
Subchapter 8 - CENTRAL SERVICE
Section 8:43G-8.7 - Use and sterilization of patient care items
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Patient care items shall be scrupulously cleaned to sterilization or disinfection. The selection and use of disinfection and/or sterilization methods for patient care items or equipment shall be divided into the following three categories:
(b) Laparoscopes, arthroscopes, and other scopes that enter normally sterile areas of the body shall be sterilized or given high-level disinfection after each use according to manufacturers' written recommendations or according to policy established by the hospital's infection control committee.
(c) Reusable linens shall be inspected and delineated in a segregated room with adequate ventilation to prevent excess dust and lint accumulation.
(d) Flash sterilization and peracetic acid processes are considered just in time sterilization processes. ("Just in time" means for immediate use only.)
(e) The efficacy of chemicals used for high-level disinfection shall be verified by the use of a test method specific to the chemical if a valid and reliable test method is available and feasible for use in a hospital setting.
(f) There shall be a system for monitoring the processing of all equipment and instruments in the hospital for adherence to central service policies and procedures.