TY - JOUR AU1 - Riley, Jackie AU2 - Anderson, Deidre AB - The effective decontamination of surgical instruments reprocessed in general practice is as important as in any other health-care setting, and public health concerns about the prevention of health-care associated infections are rising. As the use of more complex equipment and minor surgery increases, the failure to decontaminate adequately can lead to cross-infection with bacteria and/or viruses, including blood-borne ones (McCance et al, 1986; Overend et al, 1992). TI - Decontaminating instruments JF - Practice Nursing DO - 10.12968/pnur.2003.14.10.11707 DA - 2003-10-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/mark-allen-group/decontaminating-instruments-1GUgwBNYKu SP - 446 EP - 448 VL - 14 IS - 10 DP - DeepDyve ER -