The Principles of Medical Device Decontamination

Terminology and Definitions

Individual who uses a medical device for patient care or as defined in Health Technical Memorandum 01-01 part A - the individual who is responsible for the day-to-day management of the decontamination of reusable surgical instruments and for seeing that the decontamination process is operated safely and efficiently. Signed October 1971. Its objective: to ensure that European [CEN] and International [ISO] Standards are not in conflict with each other, but as consistent with each other as far as possible. Confirmation process, through the provision of objective evidence, that the requirements for a specific intended use or application have been fulfilled.

User

Vienna Agreement

Validation

Confirmation, through the provision of objective evidence, that specified requirements have been fulfilled.

Verification

A chemical agent, which under defined conditions is capable of killing viruses.

Virucide

Equipment designed to clean and disinfect product.

Washer Disinfector (WD)

Removal of contaminants from surfaces by means of an aqueous fluid.

Washing

Wettability

The ability of a surface to become wetted.

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