Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 331 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH LICENSING OFFICE › Division 910 - ELECTROLOGY › Section 331-910-0075 - Sterilization Standards for Electrology

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Needles
			 (filaments) must be single use, used on one client, then properly disposed of
			 in an approved sharps container defined under OAR
			 331-910-0000.
(2) All non-sterilized instruments or
			 reusable instruments that come in blood or potentially infectious materials
			 must be cleaned, disinfected and sterilized before use on a client or re-use on
			 another client.
(3) New gloves must
			 be worn during any sterilization procedure.
(4) The cleaning, disinfection and
			 sterilization process listed in Subsection (5) of this rule is not required if
			 single-use prepackaged sterilized instruments, obtained from suppliers or
			 manufacturers are used.
(5)
			 Approved cleaning, disinfection and sterilization process for non-sterilized
			 instruments or reusable instruments includes the following ordered method after
			 each use:
(a) Clean non-sterilized
			 instruments or reusable instruments by manually brushing or swabbing visible
			 foreign matter and rinsing the instruments with warm water and an appropriate
			 detergent solution to remove blood or potentially infectious
			 materials.
(b) Clean non-sterilized
			 instruments or reusable instruments must be rinsed and placed in either:
(A) An ultrasonic unit that operates at 40 to
			 60 hertz which is filled with an appropriate ultrasonic solution including but
			 not limited to an enzymatic cleaner. The ultrasonic cleaner must remain covered
			 when in use; Self-contained equipment used to decontaminate instruments prior
			 to sterilization may be used in place of an ultrasonic cleaner and used
			 according to manufacturer instructions. OR
(B) Rinsed, patted dry and submerged and
			 soaked in a protein dissolving detergent or enzyme cleaner, followed by a
			 thorough rinse.
(c)
			 Disinfect non-sterilized instruments or reusable instruments by immersing
			 instruments in a high level disinfectant. Instruments must be fully submerged
			 to ensure contact with all surfaces for an amount of time specified in the
			 manufacturer's instructions. If the electrologist is using an autoclave listed
			 in subsection (e) of this rule the electrologist is not required to immerse
			 instruments in a high level disinfectant.
(d) Remove non-sterilized instruments or
			 reusable instruments from the ultrasonic unit or self-contained instrument
			 washer or high level disinfectant. All instruments must be rinsed, air dried,
			 and individually packaged in sterilization pouches that include use of a
			 chemical indicator strip to assure sufficient temperature during each
			 sterilization cycle or other method is used to determine sterilization has been
			 reached. The date the sterilization was performed must be applied to the
			 sterilization pouch;
(e)
			 Individually packaged non-sterilized instruments or reusable instruments must
			 be sterilized by using autoclave sterilizer (steam or chemical), or dry heat
			 sterilizer registered and listed with the FDA;
(f) After sterilization, the sterilized
			 instruments must be stored in a dry, disinfected, closed cabinet or other
			 tightly-covered container reserved for the storage of such
			 instruments.