AS/NZS 4815:2006

Sets out procedures and process development which can be validated for the cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of reusable medical and surgical instruments and equipment, and maintenance of associated environments in office-based health care facilities not involved in complex patient procedures and processes. Suitable for medical, surgical and allied health facilities and skin penetration establishments. May also be suitable for application to the instruments and equipment used exclusively on animals in veterinary practice. Does not apply to day surgical or day procedures centres or items that may be contaminated with prions capable of causing TSEs, e.g. Creutzfeldt-Jakob.