Choice Framework for Local Policy and Procedures 01-01 Part E Management and decontamination of surgical instruments (medical devices) used in acute care. Part E: alternatives to steam for the sterilization of reusable medical devices
Publication Year
2013
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Covers low temperature (non-steam) sterilization processes (such as the use of vapourised hydrogen peroxide gas plasmas and ethylene oxide exposure).
Document History
Published 20 March 2013. CFPP 01-01 Parts B-E supersede Health Technical Memoranda 2010, 2030 and 2031 and Health Building Note 13 Supplement 1. Supersedes Space for Health: Healthcare Environment 'Choice Framework for local Policy and Procedures 01-01 - management and decontamination of surgical instruments (medical devices) used in acute care. Part E - alternatives to steam for the sterilization of reusable medical devices' (2012). Choice framework for local policy and procedures (CFPP) 01-01: management and decontamination of surgical instruments (medical devices) used in acute care, consists of five parts: the formulation of local policy and choices; common elements; steam sterilization; washer-disinfectors and alternatives to steam for the sterilization of reusable medical devices.
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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