Recognized standard

ST91:2021

FDA recognition 14-572 · ANSI · Sterility

Key facts

Recognition number 14-572
Designation ST91:2021
Title Flexible and semi-rigid endoscope processing in health care facilities
Standards developer American National Standards Institute
Specialty area Sterility
Date of entry May 30, 2022
Scope (excerpt) Provides guidelines for point of use treatment, transporting, leak testing (where indicated), cleaning, packaging (where indicated), high-level disinfecting and/or sterilizing, storage, and quality control procedures of flexible gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes, flexible bronchoscopes, flexible ear…

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