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Swiss Certification Services has been incorporated in 2017 in order to answer to the need of certification body specialized in the field of Central Sterile Service Department (CSSD) in Switzerland, Germany, France and Austria. The company is located in Switzerland with the headquarter in Olten.

Why creating a certification body exclusively dedicated to central sterile services department?

The CSSD is playing a crucial role in the safety of the patient. The sterilization department needs to set up reliable industrial processes and be able to demonstrate that the reprocessing parameters are maintained. In addition, this department is acting as an expert within the healthcare facility for any question related to the reprocessing of medical devices, during their complete life cycle. Therefore, it is mandatory that your certification body is well aware of the requirements specific to the reprocessing of medical devices and has experts in the field.

The following aspects must be taken into consideration during an audit of a quality management system:

• Relationship with the internal departments (purchasing, hygiene, biomedical, technic, transport, operating theater, …)

• Regulatory requirements (applicable local requirements, standards and directives, …)

• Infrastructure (maintenance, qualification, follow-up, consummables, …)

• Control of processes (cleaning, disinfection, packaging, sterilization, storage)

• Monitoring of processes (periodic control based on the risk associated, KPI, monitoring of parameters, …)

• Applying the classifications rules (RKI, Spaulding, …)

• Process Validation (cleaning-disinfection, sterilization, packaging)

• Traceability (load release, load documentation, software validation)