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      Disinfection and sterilization: an overview.

      American journal of infection control
      Anti-Bacterial Agents, pharmacology, Cross Infection, prevention & control, Disinfectants, Disinfection, methods, Endoscopes, Humans, Sterilization, Stethoscopes, Surgical Instruments

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          All invasive procedures involve contact by a medical device or surgical instrument with a patient's sterile tissue or mucous membranes. The level of disinfection or sterilization is dependent on the intended use of the object: critical (items that contact sterile tissue such as surgical instruments), semicritical (items that contact mucous membrane such as endoscopes), and noncritical (devices that contact only intact skin such as stethoscopes) items require sterilization, high-level disinfection, and low-level disinfection, respectively. Cleaning must always precede high-level disinfection and sterilization. Copyright © 2013 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.

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