Reprocessing: cleansing, disinfection, sterilization

Elisabeth Presterl; Magda Diab-El Schahawi; Luigi Segagni Lusignani; Helga Paula; Jacqui S. Reilly

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02026-2_5

Reprocessing: cleansing, disinfection, sterilization

Elisabeth Presterl^*, Magda Diab-El Schahawi^*, Luigi Segagni Lusignani, Helga Paula, Jacqui S. Reilly

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Abstract

Reusable pathogen-contaminated medical instruments or devices can be the source of human infections. If they are reusable, measures must be taken before reuse on the next patient to avoid pathogen transmission. These measures are summarized under the term of reprocessing and include cleaning, disinfecting and/or sterilizing of medical devices. This chapter describes relevant reprocessing procedures used in the hospital setting.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Basic Microbiology and Infection Control for Midwives
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	5
Pages	35-49
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030020262
ISBN (Print)	9783030020255
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02026-2_5
Publication status	Published - 2019

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cleaning
disinfection
sterilization

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