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title: blog | Reprocessing medical devices
description: Reprocessing medical devices | The ScanCARE Blog provides an abundance of information on all things relating to Surgical Instrument Tracking
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# ScanCARE Blog

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## Posts about Reprocessing medical devices:

![Top 10 Key Differences Between AS/NZS 4815 and AS 5369](https://blog.scancare.com.au/hubfs/Images%202021/Blogs/Differences%20Header.jpg)

[AS/NZS4187](https://blog.scancare.com.au/blog/topic/as-nzs4187) [cssd](https://blog.scancare.com.au/blog/topic/cssd) [Surgical Instrument Tracking](https://blog.scancare.com.au/blog/topic/surgical-instrument-tracking) [AS 5369](https://blog.scancare.com.au/blog/topic/as-5369) [AS/NZS 4815](https://blog.scancare.com.au/blog/topic/as-nzs-4815) [Sterilisation standards Australia](https://blog.scancare.com.au/blog/topic/sterilisation-standards-australia) [Reprocessing medical devices](https://blog.scancare.com.au/blog/topic/reprocessing-medical-devices)

### **Introduction**

If your clinic or healthcare facility is still using **AS/NZS 4815:2006**, you're working under an outdated framework. The newly introduced **AS 5369:2023** is a modernised, risk-based standard designed to enhance **infection control and sterilisation practices in Australia**. Below, we compare the **top 10 differences between AS/NZS 4815 and AS 5369**, with a focus on **documentation compliance, staff training, and reprocessing protocols**.

Read on to discover the Top 10 differences between the standards.