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DAMERON HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION <br />DEPARTMENT: Environmental Services <br />SUBJECT: San -I -Pak Operation Procedure <br />FILING INSTRUCTIONS: <br />EVS Policy &Procedure Manual <br />APPROVED BY: EVS Department <br />Page: 1 of 2 <br />EFFECTIVE DATE: <br />REVISION DATE (S): 10/92 <br />REVIEW DATE (S): 7/95, 6/01, 6/02 <br />POLICY: <br />EVS employees will operate the San -I -Pak in a safe and systematic manner. <br />Procedure: <br />1. Unlock sterilizer door by turning hatch wheel to left, until the door to the unit opens. <br />2. Place red -bagged contaminated waste into appropriate autoclave bags. Tie off bags. <br />3. Wrap strips of heat -sensitive tape around the outside of each bag. <br />4. Place the bags into the sterilizer chamber. <br />5. Close the sterilizer door and turn hatch wheel continuously to the right until tight. Door is <br />now secure and the unit is ready for operation. <br />6. Proceed to the control panel on the far right of the unit. Insert the key in the top (of three) <br />operational switch and turn to the right. This is the main power switch and, once activated, <br />supplies power to the entire unit. The green indicator lamp is now lit. <br />7. Once step 6 is completed, depress the center push button, which activates the sterilizer cycle. <br />The red indicator lamp is now lit. <br />8. Check the pressure/vacuum gauge and ensure it reads a minimum of 18 vacuum. If a <br />minimum of 18 is not reached, notify engineering. <br />9. Monitor the automatic time/temperature recorder ensuring it reaches 270 F for a minimum of <br />30 minutes. <br />10. The unit remains operational for a thirty (30) minute cycle. At the end of the cycle the blue <br />discharge lamp will be lit. Depress the blue discharge button and the sterilizer chamber will <br />automatically move forward over the general waste hopper, and the sterilized waste will drop <br />into this chamber. All remaining pressure will be released at this point, and the door will be <br />safe to open. <br />11. Once the sterilized waste has dropped into the general waste hopper, slide open the general <br />waste compartment door. Inspect the heat sensitive tape to ensure that a color change has <br />occurred (brown to black). If any parameter listed in steps 9 and 11 has not been met, CEASE <br />operation at this point and notify the EVS Director, Infection Control Nurse or Safety Officer. <br />Indicate on the graph and the SaniPac Cycle Inspection Log what appropriate <br />