Infection prevention and control

Decontamination and Reprocessing of Medical Devices for Health-care Facilities

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© World Health Organization and Pan American Health Organization

Publication details

Number of pages: 118
Publication date: 2016
Languages: English
ISBN: 978 92 4 154985 1

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This manual is a very important instrument to provide guidance to health managers and health workers on required infrastructures and standard procedures for effective sterilization, and decontamination reprocessing of medical devices. This edition of the manual represents a thorough revision and update of the Sterilization Manual for Health Centers issued by the Pan American Health Organization in 2009 and it is the result of a close collaboration between the IPC Global Unit at the Headquarters of the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, and a group on international experts.