New technologies and trends in sterilization and disinfection

Continued improvements in low-temperature sterilization systems have resulted in reduced processing times and expanded capabilities for instrument reprocessing. As the relationship of environmental surface contamination and health care-associated infections has become more defined, area disinfection systems and antimicrobial surface technologies have emerged as new strategies for disinfection of surfaces. Copyright (c) 2013 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.