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title: "Sterilize/HLD Params"
slug: "configure-sterilize-hld-params"
updated: 2023-08-16T19:18:33Z
published: 2023-08-16T19:18:33Z
canonical: "sonar-docs.ascendco.cloud/configure-sterilize-hld-params"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://sonar-docs.ascendco.cloud/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Sterilize/HLD Params

In this section, learn how to add, edit, and delete sterilize or HLD params at a facility and health system level.![](https://cdn.document360.io/d4eaa857-4dff-4f42-8629-f1dad8766afe/Images/Documentation/image-1692213323853.png)

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## Options![](https://cdn.document360.io/d4eaa857-4dff-4f42-8629-f1dad8766afe/Images/Documentation/image-1628031770400.png)

#### Search Bar

Search for a sterilize or HLD parameter by name.

#### Add or Actions -> Add

Add a sterilize or HLD parameter. Enter the parameter information on the right, assign a facility(s), and select **Save.**

Does this parameter already exist?Sonar sterilize and HLD parameters are shared by facilities at a health system level. Before you add a new sterilize parameter, check the current list in Sonar to see if it already exists. If so, click on the parameter, check the box for your facility, and hit save!

#### Actions -> Delete Selected Rows

Select a parameter and delete it from Sonar.

Wait!Sonar sterilize and HLD parameters are shared by facilities at a health system level. Before you delete or modify a parameter, double check with other facility managers!

#### Edit

To edit a sterilize or HLD parameter: select a parameter, enter the new information, and select **Save**.

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## Sterilize Parameter Properties![](https://cdn.document360.io/d4eaa857-4dff-4f42-8629-f1dad8766afe/Images/Documentation/image-1691020743954.png)

#### Method

The method of sterilization: ETO, HLD, Low Temp (Sterrad, VPro), or Steam.

#### Description

The sterilize or HLD method name.

#### Exp Temp

The target parameter exposure temperature, if applicable.

#### Units

The unit of measurement for the sterilize parameter exposure temperature: C or F

#### Exp Minutes

The target quantity of minutes for the duration of exposure at defined temperature.

#### Seconds

The target quantity of seconds for the duration of exposure at defined temperature, if applicable.

#### Dry Time

The target quantity of minutes for the duration of the dry time.

#### Seconds

The target quantity of seconds for the the duration of the dry time, if applicable

#### Pressure

The target pressure of the sterilize parameter, if applicable.

#### No BI Required

Check this box if the sterilize parameter **does not** require a Biological Indicator (BI) to be included in the load.

#### No CI Required

Check this box if the sterilize parameter **does not** require Chemical Indicator (CI) to be documented in the verifying stage of the load.

#### No BD Required

Check this box if the sterilize parameter **does not** require a Bowie Dick (BD or Dart Test) to be included in the load.

#### Skip Double Check

Check this box if the sterilize parameter **does not** require a staff double check in the Sterilize Module. If left unchecked, staff must have another user scan their badge in the verifying stage of the load to document that two people confirmed the load was correctly recorded in the system.

#### IUSS

Check this box if the sterilize parameter is an IUSS load.

#### Group for Complex BI

Sonar can support complex requirements related to biological indicators being included in loads. The first time a load is ran with a parameter from each group, the load is required to have a BI included. With this field blank on all of the parameters, Sonar considers there to be one group, and it will only require a BI to be added on the first load after the Bowie Dick or Dart Test.

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## Facilities![](https://cdn.document360.io/d4eaa857-4dff-4f42-8629-f1dad8766afe/Images/Documentation/image-1628035415883.png)

#### Available

Check this box for your facility to have access to this sterilize parameter.

#### Default

Check this box for your facility to have this sterilize parameter be the default selected upon choosing the applicable sterilization method.