title: Principles of disinfection.
abstract: For more than 150 years, we have known that medical and surgical devices may serve as vehicles for the transmission of infectious agents to a susceptible host. During that time, our knowledge and experience involving microbial inactivation through disinfection have become quite sophisticated. As a result, infectious complications associated with patient care are now the exception rather than the rule.
authors.affiliation: drbob6@aol.com
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sharbaugh
mesh_terms: D004202:Disinfectants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004202:Disinfectants