The Principles of Medical Device Decontamination

References / Sources

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3 ISO 13485:2016 Medical devices—Quality management systems— Requirements for regulatory purposes, available at, https://www.iso.org/ standard/59752.html

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5 Department of Health, Health Technical Memorandum 00, Policies and principles of healthcare engineering available at, https://www.england.nhs. uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/HTM_00.pdf

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