Instructions for Use

Healthmark Industries SST Retrieval System

1. Transport empty SST containers to the using location (O.R., E.R., etc.).

2. Have SST near using location for easy access (with or without Enzimatic solution).

3. Place soiled instruments in SST with or without soaking solution (follow hospital and AAMI protocols). The closed container protects personnel, patients, and the environment from contaminated contents and helps the facility meet OSHA guidelines.*

4. Return the SST and enclosed instruments for decontamination.

5. Remove and place Steri-strainer with instruments in ultrasonic cleaner, washer sterilizer, or autoclave to decontaminate instruments. SST cover and base can be decontaminated in the same manner, but instruments cannot be “inside” closed SST system during decontamination.

6. Return the empty “clean” SST to the floor, O.R., etc. for collection, soaking, and transportation.

*OSHA Technical Footnote (Item 29 CFR part 1910, 1030 (d) (ii) (E)) from the Federal Register, December 6, 1991):

“Reusable sharps that are contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials shall not be stored or processed in a manner that requires employees to reach by hand into the containers where these sharps have been placed.”