CAN/CSA-Z314.13-M92
1.1 General
This Standard provides recommended practices for emergency sterilization in
hospitals and similar health care facilities. These recommendations are
intended to increase assurance of sterility and to assist health care personnel
in the proper use of processing equipment.
Notes:
(1) "Similar health care facilities" includes nursing homes, extended-care
facilities, clinics, and medical and dental offices. For convenience, the
shorter term "hospital" is used herein.
(2) Emergency sterilization may be performed in various areas of the hospital,
including the operating room, labour/delivery room, emergency/trauma room, and
other areas where steam sterilizers are located.
(3) "Emergency sterilization", as used herein, is synonymous with "flash
sterilization" and sterilization by the "unwrapped method".
1.2 Inclusions
This Standard specifically addresses
(a) functional and physical design criteria for areas of hospitals where
emergency sterilization is carried out;
(b) staff qualifications, education, and other personnel considerations;
(c) sterilization processing procedures;
(d) the use and maintenance of gravity-displacement and prevacuum sterilizers
for emergency sterilization; and
(e) quality assurance.
1.3 Exclusions
The following are not addressed in this Standard:
(a) specific construction and performance criteria for steam sterilizers;
(b) guidelines for steam sterilization by the wrapped method; and
(c) "table-top" sterilizers.
1.4
The values given in SI (metric) units shall be considered the standard values.
The values given in parentheses are included for information only.
1.5
In this Standard, the word "shall" indicates a mandatory requirement; "should"
indicates a recommendation which is advised but is not mandatory. Notes
accompanying clauses provide explanatory or informative material that is not
properly a part of this Standard.
OEN:
CSA
Langue:
English
Code(s) de l'ICS:
11.080
Statut:
Annulée
Date de Publication:
1992-02-27
Numéro Standard:
CAN/CSA-Z314.13-M92