Annual Validation, Verification and Maintenance of Benchtop Sterilizers

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) has a number of benchtop sterilizers throughout its community dental service sites. Within these facilities, there are a number of Benchtop sterilizers differing in type and manufacturer. CTMUHB is seeking to employ a specialist & competent contractor to undertake the annual validation, verification and maintenance of its small sterilizer’s in accordance with Welsh Health Technical Memorandum (WHTM) 01-05, Decontamination in primary care dental practices and community dental services. The purpose of annual validation is to produce a documented procedure for obtaining, recording and interpreting the results required to establish that a process will consistently yield a product complying with predetermined specifications