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DEPARTMENT aai !aa PROCEDURE NUMBER <br />TITLE <br />VERIFICATION OF ST <br />01179-105 (12-89) <br />EFFECTIVE DATE <br />w", c i I" 1) r. 1 1 n 11 A <br />PAGE NUMBER <br />REVISION DATE <br />Hospital Infection Control personnel may have a preferred <br />method for testing "kill" effectiveness if they are <br />presently sterilizing infectious waste. If not, San -I -Pak <br />can assist your facility with any method desired. Most SIP <br />users employ either the 3M Attest Steam Pack or the Thermal - <br />log S Steam Sterilization Integrator for testing terminal <br />destruction. Similar biological indicators containing <br />Bacillus-Stearothermophyllus are numerous. <br />Retrieval devices are available depending on the type of <br />testing method desired. A small hook can be attached to the <br />cross -bars on the roof of the liner to hang test packs, then <br />removed when the liner retracts back into the sterilization <br />chamber for evaluation. If tests requiring the removal of <br />indicators from the sterilized wate discharged into the <br />general waste chamber, prior to compaction, San -I -Pak will <br />instruct authorized personnel in the correct and safest <br />procedures. <br />San -I -Pak has been tested with the most stringent, recog- <br />nized methods throughout the United States. Results have <br />proven the SIP to be the most effective, reliable system of <br />steam sterilization available. <br />AUTOCLAVE BAGS: <br />Red bagged infectious waste is placed into 38"x47" clear or <br />colored, plastic autoclave bags prior to sterilization. <br />These bags are designed to withstand the temperatures imposed <br />during the sterilization cycle and contain any possible red <br />bag seepage. <br />A clear test strip is printed on each autoclave bag for <br />additional proof the contents have been autoclaved. <br />NOTE: 3M "Proof of Sterilization" witness tape can be <br />attached to boxes or other articles not placed in autoclave <br />bags. <br />