Health Technical Memorandum 2031 Clean steam for sterilization (archive)
Publication Year
1997
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Covers the nature of contamination in steam supplies, regulatory requirements for steam quality, the new "clean steam" specification, engineering measures for the generation of clean steam, validation and periodic testing of clean steam supplies, and guidance on the analysis of steam samples. It is designed to supplement the guidance on steam quality in HTM 2010, "Sterilization".
Document History
The Department of Health's HTM 01 series will supersede all parts of NHS Estates' HTMs 2010, 2030 and 2031. While parts of HTM 01 are to be released, these older documents will remain on the service. Superseded by CFPP 01-01 Parts B, C, D and E.
ISBN
9780113220335
Publisher Information
NHS Estates
NHS Estates were responsible for strategic development of a flexible and responsive environment for health and social care. Their publications included Health Technical Memorandums, Health Building Notes, design guides, circulars and Health Facilities Notes. Add - These were then transferred to the Department of Health.
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