Medical, Hospitals & Labs NYS Health Rules and Regulations Effective Date: 11/01/2000 52-3.2 Sterilization of instruments. All instruments,
including collection containers, used for both sterile and clean,
non-sterile retrieval of tissues shall be either licensed by the
FDA for single use or be sterilized prior to each use. Heat sterilization
shall be by autoclaving at 121.5 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes
after the chamber of the autoclave has been evacuated and has reached
that temperature, or by dry heat for two hours at 170 degrees Celsius,
or by such other procedures as may be approved by the department
upon submission of evidence that such other procedures are at least
equally effective.
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