Guidelines on sterilization and disinfection methods effective against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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TextSeries: WHO AIDS series ; 2Publication details: Geneva : World Health Organization, 1989. Edition: 2nd edDescription: 11 pISBN: 9241212020; 8185086788 (Bengali)Title translated: Guide pour les méthodes de stérilisation et de désinfection efficaces contre le virus de l' immunodéficience humaine; Guía de métodos eficaces de esterilización y desinfección contra el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH)Subject(s): HIV | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- transmission | Equipment contamination -- prevention and control | Sterilization -- methods | Disinfection -- methods | AIDS and its ControlNLM classification: WC 503.6Online resources: Click here to access online Abstract: The second edition of a technical guide to methods of sterilization and high-level disinfection necessary to assure that medical instruments for invasive procedures, including needles and syringes, do not transmit the human immunodeficiency virus. Didactic in its approach, the book provides complete technical instructions for sterilization and disinfection, indicating methods of choice and alerting readers to factors that may influence safety and reliability. Advice, instructions, and warnings are specific to practical conditions in the field. Procedures that may be safe in theory, yet unreliable in the field, are clearly indicated. The booklet also includes a one-page field guide to sterilization and high-level disinfection and a table showing prices, per litre of solution and per litre when air-freighted, for ten disinfectants effective against HIV.
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jap published by: Tokyo : Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention.
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Chinese version of nos. 1-3 issued in one volume.
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The second edition of a technical guide to methods of sterilization and high-level disinfection necessary to assure that medical instruments for invasive procedures, including needles and syringes, do not transmit the human immunodeficiency virus. Didactic in its approach, the book provides complete technical instructions for sterilization and disinfection, indicating methods of choice and alerting readers to factors that may influence safety and reliability. Advice, instructions, and warnings are specific to practical conditions in the field. Procedures that may be safe in theory, yet unreliable in the field, are clearly indicated. The booklet also includes a one-page field guide to sterilization and high-level disinfection and a table showing prices, per litre of solution and per litre when air-freighted, for ten disinfectants effective against HIV.
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