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Decontamination of re-usable medical devices in the primary, secondary and tertiary care sectors (NHS and Independent providers)

2007 clarification and policy summary

This document confirms the importance of effective decontamication of re-usable medical devices in the strategy to reduce health care associated infection.  It underlines the duty of care to patients wherever treatment is undertaken, in that decontamination processes should be of consistently high quality irrespective of location.

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