Cleaning/Disinfectant - Regulatory standard?

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Does anyone know if there is a regulatory standard for cleaning and disinfectant of instruments, one specifically stating that labs should follow manufacturer's recommendations regarding cleaning agent use and instruction? (Joint Commission, CLIA, CAP, etc?)

Thanks so much for any help!

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TJC Standard IC.02.02.01 The laboratory reduces the risk of infections associated with laboratory equipment, devices, and supplies. EP 1: Cleaning and performing low-level disinfection of laboratory equipment, devices, and supplies. Note: Low-level disinfection is used for items such as blood glucose meters. Additional cleaning and disinfecting is required for laboratory equipment, devices, and supplies used by patients who are isolated as part of implementing transmission-based precautions. EP 2: Performing intermediate and high-level disinfection and sterilization of laboratory equipment, devices, and supplies. (See also: EC.02.04.03, EP 4) Note: Intermediate-level disinfection may be used in the clean-up of blood and/or body fluid spills. When decontaminating the autopsy room and handling tissues where prion disease is suspected or confirmed, high-level disinfection is often used in combination with sterilization.

I copied this from my physical copy of the regs from 2012--I don't have access to the digital right now. My apologies if there's any errors. This should help point you in the right direction.

Each instrument should have appropirate disinfectant listed by manufacturer.  Use of other than what went thru FDA for that instrument may invalidate the instrument warranty.  Check with the manufacturer.

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