The Principles of Medical Device Decontamination

Foreword Medical device innovations are also included, together with suggestions on how to undertake an investigation where decontamination failure is suspected. It is intended to include questions to support determining root cause for decontamination problems, failures or identified risks. Acknowledgements Thank you to the following DPECF subgroup members and chapter authors:

Val O’Brien

CSC, Group Chair, past CSC Chair 2017-2020

John Prendergast

Principal AE(D) NWSSP, CSC Chair 2024 to date

Dr Brian Kirk

AE(D), IHEEM

Director of Research and Emerging Technologies, IDSc Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) past Chair 2001 to 2007

Darren Carter

Dr Robert Spencer

Dr Mike Simmons

Consultant Medical Microbiologist (Wales)

Past Chair of AE(D) Registration Board, IHEEM, (Sadly departed) Consultant Nurse for HCAI (Wales) Representing the Infection Prevention Society Semi-Retired Nurse practitioner, Advanced Clinical Endoscopist

Graham Stanton

Gail Lusardi

Helen Griffiths

Helen Campbell

Director of Education, IDSc

Victoria Daniel

Infection Control Scientist (Wales)

Retired UK Health Security Agency Consultant Clinical Scientist

Dr Peter Hoffman

Richard Bancroft

Chair ISO/TC 198

Retired UK Health Security Agency Scientific Lead in water microbiology

Dr Jimmy Walker

Dr Karina Jones

AE(W), IHEEM

Mett Smart

Past Research Director, IDSc 2018 to 2022