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1 THE DECONTAMINATION OFSURGICAL instruments ANDOTHER medical DEVICESR eport of a Scottish Executive Health DepartmentWorking GroupFebruary 20012 CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY1. INTRODUCTION AND practice2. REVIEW OF CURRENT DECONTAMINATION PRACTICES INHEALTHCARE and DISCUSSION AND of Working Group2 Glossary of terms used in the report3 DECONTAMINATION Standards and Guidance used in the Review4 Membership of Review of DECONTAMINATION Practice Teams5 Bibliography3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARYD econtamination is the combination of processes, including cleaning, disinfection and/or sterilisation,used to render a re-useable medical device ( SURGICAL instrument) safe for further use. Todaydecontamination is an issue of public health importance because of concerns about preventing hospitalacquired infections (HAI) and minimising the theoretical risk of iatrogenic transmission of transmissiblespongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), especially variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJD).
1 THE DECONTAMINATION OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER MEDICAL DEVICES Report of a Scottish Executive Health Department Working Group February 2001
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