Guidelines and Guidance

Guidelines and Guidance
Instrument Disinfection and Sterilization

Cleaning, Wrapping/Packaging, and Sterilization Competency Checklist (PDF)
Association for Professionals in Infection Control
Best Practices For Cleaning,Disinfection and Sterilization In All Health Care Settings (PDF)
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care/Public Health Division/Provincial Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee, Toronto, Canada, Rev ed. April 2006
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Recommendations for Disinfection and Sterilization (PDF)
Rutala WA, Weber DJ. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2001;32:1348–56
Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008 (PDF)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings --- 2003 (HTML)
Kohn WG et al. MMWR Recommendations and Reports 2003;52(RR-17):1–61
Multi-society Guideline for Reprocessing Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes (PDF)
Nelson DB et al. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2003;24:532–7
Proper Sterilization of Instruments is Essential to Patient Safety (HTML)
McLachlan EA. Association for Professionals in Infection Control
Standards for Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization of Reusable Medical Devices for all Health Care Facilities and Settings (PDF)
Alberta Health and Wellness
Sterilization or Disinfection of Medical Devices (HTML)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention