SOP for washing and inspection of surgical hand gloves.

  • Objective:
  • To lay down a procedure for washing and inspection of surgical hand gloves.
  • Scope
  • This SOP is applicable for washing and inspection of the surgical gloves used in production area in formulation plant of pharmaceutical company.
  • Responsibility
  • Production Officer / Executive.
  • Accountability
  • Production Head and QA head shall be accountable for compliance of SOP.
  • Abbreviation
  •  SOP : Standard Operating Procedure.
  • WFI :  Water for injection
  • SS  :   Stainless Steel
  • Operation:
    • Issue the surgical hand gloves from the store and keep in change parts Room as per the requirements of glove size (8” and 14”)
    • Bring of required no. of gloves to the equipment washing area.
    • Tear of the outer packet and take out the gloves.
    • Check the gloves for any physical damage .Reject the defective hand gloves.
    • Dip the surgical gloves in purified water for 5 minutes.
    • Scrub the gloves gently with hands.
    • Dip the gloves in fresh purified water.
    • Take out the gloves and check for leakages by filling the glove with purified water.
    • Reject gloves having leakages.
    • Rinse the good inspected gloves in WFI.
    • Hand gloves which are to be used in sterile area shall be placed in perforated SS box for further sterilization.
    • Hand gloves which are to be used in controlled area shall be sent to respective area in SS perforated trays.
    • Collect the rejected surgical gloves in a polybag and send for further disposal.
    • Record the details in the format for washing and inspection record of surgical hand gloves).
    • Forms and Records (Annexures)
    • Washing and inspection record of surgical hand gloves – Annexure -1
    • Distribution
    • Master copy –   Quality Assurance
    • Controlled copies- Quality Assurance, Production, Quality Control, Stores,
    • History
      Date Revision Number
      Reason for Revision
      00 New SOP

Annexure -1

  • Washing and inspection record of surgical hand gloves
    Date Size of hand gloves No of  gloves washed and inspected No of hand gloves rejected Inspected by Checked by Remarks

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