National Decontamination Guidance on Loan Medical Devices (Reusable): Roles and Responsibilities (SHTM 01-08)

Amendment of GUID 5002 v1 to Scottish Health Technical Memorandum (SHTM) 01-08 is required to better align this Reusable Medical Device (RMD) Decontamination Guidance with other parts of the SHTM 01 series. The content has been revised due to changes in UK legislation, regulations and standards because of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. The aim of this guidance is to ensure that on-loan medical devices are delivered to Theatre fit for purpose, on time and returned safely to the supplier. Healthcare facilities, for example, operating theatres may use on-loan RMDs to provide additional inventory for a range of procedures.

This guidance also includes roles and responsibilities for theatres, Central Decontamination Units (CDUs) (sometimes referred to as Sterile Service departments) and manufacturers/ suppliers, and covers the on-loan cycle, from the decision to order an on-loan RMD, to returning the on loan RMD to the supplier.

This is the latest version of this Guidance, please click here to see the archived version.