Before sterilization, a facility must decontaminate any instruments, supplies, utensils, and equipment that are not single service in a manner that will make the instruments, supplies, utensils, and equipment safe for handling by personnel. Supplies and equipment commercially prepared and sterilized to retain sterility indefinitely are acceptable in lieu of sterilization in the facility. A facility shall bacteriologically monitor autoclaves used for steam sterilization at least weekly. Supplies and equipment sterilized and packaged in the facility must have the processing date, the sterilizer number or unique identifier if more than one sterilizer is used, the cycle or load number, a description of the contents, and the identifier of the assembler on the package and must be reprocessed in accordance with any specific manufacturer's recommendation for sterilization and packaging.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 4 SDR 14, effective September 14, 1977; 6 SDR 93, effective July 1, 1980; 14 SDR 81, effective December 10, 1987; 22 SDR 70, effective November 19, 1995; 26 SDR 96, effective January 23, 2000; transferred from § 44:04:02:04 , 42 SDR 51, effective October 13, 2015 ; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024 .

General Authority: SDCL 34-12-13 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-13 .

Prior versions effective: 2015-10-13.