Big Blue Blog - Decontamination of Cleanroom Garments/Consumables, Disinfection and Sterilisation
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Simple definitions of the terms Disinfection (sanitisation) and Sterilisation are: Disinfection; to clean in order to destroy or prevent the growth of disease-carrying micro-organisms. Sterilisation; the procedure of making some object free of live bacteria or other micro-organisms.
References
Ref 1 - HSG (95)18: Hospital laundry arrangements for used and infected linen.
Ref 2 - ISO 11137-2:2006 Sterilisation of healthcare products.
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