CSSD

Roles & Responsibilities

• Rinsing: to be carried out in CSSD.
• Cleaning: Manually or by ultrasound washers for ensuring adequate cleanliness.
• Drying: All items must be appropriately dried.
• Inspection and Assembly: Each item must be inspected for functionality, defects and Breakages.
• Packaging: must be done in porous material e.g. linen, paper. Each pack should not exceed 25 cm x 25 cm in size and 5 kgs in weight.
• Labelling: The labelling note on pack must carry:
• Nomenclature of article
• Contents of pack
• Initials of packer
• Initials of person who carried out sterilization
• Date of sterilization
• Shelf life
• Sterilization: must be carried out on sterilizers in good state of maintenance and repair as per manufacturers specifications.
• Storage: Sterile and unsterile stores should be separate and there should be no intermixing of the items between the two stores.
• Distribution: Wards send items to CSSD and stock is supplied after sterilization.