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N <br />PROCEDURE NUMBER <br />EFFECTIVE DATE <br />ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT 12/1 <br />TITLE PAGE NUMBER <br />DATE <br />HIGH VACUUM -STEAM STERILIZATION <br />The SAN-I-PAK high vacuum steam sterilizer meets and exceeds <br />every current and proposed Federal and State regulation for <br />the treatment of infectious waste. The entire process was <br />designed and tested by hospitals, for hospitals. <br />Chamber temperature on all San -I -Pak Sterilizers will -exceed <br />275 degrees F to a high 281 degrees F. 35 minutes at <br />these temperatures is the standard cycle time. Evacuating <br />the air to create a high vacuum and introducing saturated <br />steam insures the terminal destruction of all microorganisms <br />throughout the chambers contents. Even the perforated lids <br />of sharps containers are penetrated to heat the interior to <br />the maximum temperature. A calibrated 24 hour chart recorder <br />insures a record of the time and temperature of every load/ <br />cycle. Once a cycle has been initiated, no material can be <br />extracted or can be discharged unless exposed to at least 275 <br />degrees F for 35 minutes. Human error has been eliminated. <br />After the infectious material has been loaded and the cycle <br />began by depressing the "sterilize" button, no other manual <br />function is required. The load is sterilized, discharged <br />and compacted, automatically. No monitoring is required, the <br />machine monitors itself. The only labor involved is the <br />initial loading process. Total cycle time ..... 44 minutes. <br />j <br />William G. Be gstrom <br />Robert E. Co <br />01179-105 (12-69) <br />