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Contaminated medical and surgical devices may serve as vehicles for the transmission of infection to susceptible hosts. Therefore, it is important that all health care facilities have a comprehensive disinfection policy to ensure that re-usable medical items and equipment are adequately cleaned, disinfected, and/or sterilized before use on patients as per manufacturers instructions and in accordance with the local policy and/national guidelines. This chapter discusses chemical disinfectants and antiseptics, decontamination of endoscopes, and environmental cleaning. Infection Control Committee
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 21:22:16 +0000

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