TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Sterilization & Disinfection A1 - Levinson, Warren A1 - Chin-Hong, Peter A1 - Joyce, Elizabeth A. A1 - Nussbaum, Jesse A1 - Schwartz, Brian Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 16e AB - The purpose of sterilization and disinfection procedures is to prevent transmission of microbes to patients. In addition to sterilization and disinfection, other important measures to prevent transmission are included in the protocol of “standard precautions” (previously known as Universal Precautions). These standard precautions should be used in interaction with all patients because it is unknown whether any particular patient may be the reservoir of transmissible bacteria, viruses, or other microbes. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175824688 ER -