§ 213.67 Equipment maintenance and cleaning.

(a) Written procedures shall be established, maintained, and followed for adequate cleaning and maintenance of equipment used in the manufacture, processing, packing, or holding of medical gases. These procedures shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: (1) Assignment of responsibility for cleaning and maintaining equipment; (2) Maintenance and cleaning schedules, including, where appropriate, sanitizing schedules; (3) A description in sufficient detail of the methods, equipment, and materials used in cleaning and maintenance operations, and the methods of disassembling and reassembling equipment as necessary to assure proper cleaning and maintenance; (4) Removal or obliteration of previous batch identification; (5) Protection of clean equipment from contamination prior to use; and (6) Inspection of equipment for cleanliness immediately before use. (b) The procedures described in paragraph (a) of this section shall not alter the safety, identity, strength, quality, or purity of the medical gas beyond the established requirements. (c) Records shall be kept of cleaning, maintenance, and inspection as specified in §§ 213.180 and 213.182.