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Is there a set ruling to the number of years archived records must be kept for autoclaving small surgical tools ?

If not what is accepted practice?

TIA
toeslayer

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Good question Toeslayer, my 11 years worth are taking up a lot of cupboard space.

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Asher

Others have got back and said they thought it might be seven years but no one seems to know.

toeslayer

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Depends on the state u live/work im.
Queensland is 7 years (ster. printouts & validation reports & repair records)
WA ?. Maybe ring ibes & ask branko. he would know wa rules. otherwise ask a steriluzing trainer like lin lochead or marj jennings.

(tas used to be 8 from long ago memory, nsw 5 ?)

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Steam Guru

Cheers mate

toeslayer

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Another thought for people. If you have a thermal printer , make sure you DONT use Eftpos paper / Hicaps paper. Eftpos lasts 1 year, good paper 5 years ('coated thermal'). For records needed for 7 years, then this is also cutting it fine. You can get a "top-coated-thermal" (like the paper lottery tickets get printed on, that has a 10 year life for the printed image. Cost is about $4 a roll, compared to $ 2 a roll for t.c & $0.50 for eftpos.
(Eftpos paper will almost certainly void the warranty on your printer mechanism too........)

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