(a)
- (1) Quality control of the treatment process must be performed at least once a month or after every forty (40) hours of operation, whichever comes later, using the appropriate physical, chemical, and biological monitors (thermochemical indicators and integrators such as autoclave tape, spore strips, ampoules, thermocouples etc.) to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment process, except for discharge into a POTW or encapsulation.
- (2) The types of biological monitors that shall be used, unless approved by the Department of Health for use of other organisms, are as follows: Wet heat Geobacillus stearothermophilus Dry heat Bacillus atrophaeus Gas (ethylene oxide) Bacillus atrophaeus (formaldehyde) Geobacillus stearothermophilus Radiation Bacillus pumilus or Bacillus atrophaeus or Geobacillus stearothermophilus Liquids Bacillus atrophaeus or Clostridium sporogenes
- (3) The department must approve of biological monitors not listed above used for efficacy (quality control) testing.
- (b) Total destruction technologies must receive approval from the department for the type, use, or waiver of efficacy testing.