AAMI ST41 : 2008

Glossary of equivalent standards
Committee representation
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction: Need for the recommended practice
1 Scope
2 Definitions, symbols, and abbreviations
3 Design considerations
4 Personnel considerations
5 Receiving
6 Handling, collection, and transport of contaminated
   items
7 Cleaning and other decontamination processes
8 Packaging, preparation, and sterilization
9 Installation, venting, routine care, and maintenance
   of EO sterilization and aeration equipment and EO
   gas sources
10 Quality control
11 Environmental and employee monitoring
Annexes
Annex A (Informative) - Occupational exposure to
                        ethylene oxide, final standard
                        (29 CFR 1910.1047)
Annex B (Informative) - Ethylene oxide and
                        hydrochlorofluorocarbon emission
                        control technologies
Annex C (Informative) - Processing CJD-contaminated
                        patient care equipment and
                        environmental surfaces
Annex D (Informative) - Selection and use of chemical
                        disinfectants
Annex E (Informative) - User verification of cleaning
                        processes
Annex F (Informative) - Thermal disinfection
Annex G (Informative) - Devices returned to the manufacturer
Annex H (Informative) - Round-robin study of the PCD
                        (routine BI test pack)
Annex I (Informative) - Development of a prepurchase
                        evaluation protocol for rigid
                        sterilization container systems
Annex J (Informative) - Selecting equipment or services
                        for monitoring airborne ethylene
                        oxide at an EO sterilization
                        facility
Annex K (Informative) - Bibliography and cited references

Gives guidelines for EO sterilization processing in hospitals and other health care facilities.