Product Testing: Thee Overlooked 4th Pillar of a Robust Sterilization Process Monitoring Program.

The article refers to product testing as an overlooked aspect of a sterilization process monitoring program in healthcare facilities. It reviews the definitions of verification and validation provided in the American National Standards Institute/Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (ANSI/AAMI) ST77:2013 2018 Containment Devices for Reusable Medical Device Sterilization. It discusses VH202 sterilization and manufacturers' validation of rigid sterilization containers.