Table 4 |
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Description of included studies, showing numbers describing the different decontamination procedures included in the review |
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Procedure |
Total no. of studies |
Equipment level |
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Critical |
Semicritical |
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Dry heat |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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Pressurised steam |
8 |
6 |
2 |
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Boiling |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Bleach |
33 |
10 |
23 |
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Formaldehyde |
8 |
3 |
5 |
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Glutaraldehyde |
39 |
12 |
27 |
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Hydrogen peroxide |
12 |
3 |
9 |
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70% alcohol |
20 |
0 |
20 |
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Povidone iodine |
13 |
0 |
13 |
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Sopwith et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2002 2:4 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-2-4 |
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