1 Scope
1.1 Inclusions
This document provides guidance on the quality of water for sterilizers, sterilization
and washer-disinfectors (WDs) used to process health care products.
This document covers the quality of water used directly for cleaning, thermal and
chemical disinfection, rinsing and sterilization, as feedwater for the generation
of steam, as a service to a sterilizer or WD, or as a cooling agent.
This document provides specific guidance on:
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— water quality for different applications;
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— water treatment systems;
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— water distribution and storage;
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— monitoring and control of water quality;
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— investigating out of specification results.
NOTE Guidance given in this document can also be applied to specifications for the quality of water required for manual cleaning or disinfection of medical devices (see the ISO 17664 series).