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Free dental sterilizer spore test (BI) log
This printable record sheet is for dental offices in the United States to keep their spore test results, and it is free to use and print.
What the rules say
Points from CDC's dental infection-control guidelines and Florida's sterilizer rule. Each line names its source.
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Test each sterilizer at least weekly with a biological indicator, and incubate a control from the same lot with it.(CDC, 2003 dental infection-control guidelines)
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Put a biological indicator in every load that contains an implantable device, and hold the items until the result is known, whenever possible.(CDC, 2003 dental infection-control guidelines)
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In Florida, steam and chemical vapor sterilizers need a spore test every 40 hours of use or every 30 days, whichever comes first. Dry heat and ethylene oxide sterilizers: every 120 hours of operation or every 30 days, whichever comes first.(Florida Administrative Code 64B5-25.003)
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After a positive test, take the sterilizer out of service, repeat the spore test right away after loading it correctly and using the same cycle that produced the failure, and review the chemical and mechanical monitoring records since the last negative test.(CDC, 2003 dental infection-control guidelines)
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If the repeat test is negative and the mechanical and chemical indicators are within normal limits, the sterilizer goes back in service. If it is positive, don’t use the sterilizer until it has been inspected or repaired or the exact reason has been found. Recall, to the extent possible, and reprocess the items processed since the last negative test. After the cause is found and corrected, run biological indicator tests in three consecutive empty-chamber cycles.(CDC, 2003 dental infection-control guidelines)
The printable log
Fill it in on screen and press Print, or print it blank and write it in by hand. Nothing you type on this page is stored or sent anywhere.
Prints on one US Letter page, landscape.
Spore test (BI) log
One sheet per sterilizer
| Date placed | Sterilizer | Cycle type | Load number (or 'routine') | BI product and lot | Control BI (same lot) result | Date read | Result (pass/fail) | Read by (initials) | Action if failed |
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Scroll the table sideways to reach every column.
How to use it
Four steps, from a blank page to a signed record of each test.
Fill in the header
Office name, the sterilizer's label and the month at the top of the sheet. One sheet per sterilizer.
One row per spore test
Record the date placed, the sterilizer, the cycle type, and the load number — or 'routine' for a routine test.
Product, lot and control
Write the BI product and its lot, and the control from the same lot with its result.
Read it and sign it
Fill in the date read, the result (pass or fail) and your initials. If a test fails, write what was done in the last column.
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