A proposed ASTM International standard will help guide the development of detergents that clean medical devices, helping support patient safety and health. The practice for characterizing detergents for the cleaning of medical devices (WK58652) is being created by the organization’s committee on soaps and other detergents (D12). “Currently, there are no consensus methods for characterizing the detergents intended to clean medical devices,” said Ralph Basile, vice president of marketing and re...