February 22, 2018

New guideline focuses on high-level disinfection safety

By: Susan Klacik, BS, CRCST, CHL, CIS, ACE, FCS
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The new year brings a newly updated Guideline for Manual Chemical High-Level Disinfection (formerly the Guideline for High-Level Disinfection). This AORN guideline, which is based on a comprehensive, systematic review of research- and non-research-based evidence, recommends best practices for safe and effective high-level disinfection (HLD) performed manually when automated methods are not possible.

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