Introducing new challenges for processing medical devices, including increased time for 4 processing, selection of appropriate transport carrier and vehicle, separation of contaminated items from 5 those that have been processed, cleaning and disinfection of transport carrier and vehicle, the safety and 6 training of transport personnel, and other considerations.

Guidelines for point of use treatment, transporting, leak testing (where indicated), cleaning, packaging (where indicated), high-level disinfecting and/or sterilizing, storage, and quality control procedures.

Guidelines for selecting the water quality necessary for the processing of categories of medical devices.