Space for Health: Healthcare Environment CFPP 01-01 Part B Choice Framework for local Policy and Procedures 01-01 - management and decontamination of surgical instruments (medical devices) used in acute care. Part B - common elements
Publication Year
2012
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Choice Framework for local Policy and Procedures (CFPP) 01-01 provides best practice guidance on the whole decontamination cycle including the management and decontamination of surgical instruments used in acute care. Part B covers common elements that apply to all methods of surgical instrument reprocessing. These include: test equipment and materials, design and pre-purchase considerations and validation and verification.
Document History
Version:1.0:England. CFPP 01-01 Parts B-E supersede Health Technical Memoranda 2010, 2030 and 2031 and Health Building Note 13 Supplement 1. Superseded by 'Management and decontamination of surgical instruments (medical devices) used in acute care. Part B - common elements' (2013).
Publisher Information
Department of Health
The Department of Health was committed to improving the quality and convenience of care provided by the NHS and social services. Its work included setting national standards, shaping the direction of health and social care services and promoting healthier living. Publications included Space for Health: Technical Manuals, as well as the Health Building Notes, Health Technical Memorandums, and White Papers. They were renamed to the Department of Health and Social Care. However responsibility for technical guidance was then transferred to NHS Improvement in February 2017 which is now part of NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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