title: Decontamination of equipment and the environment.
abstract: This article explains the various ways decontamination of equipment and the environment can be carried out and highlights the importance of nurses being familiar with such methods so to reduce the possibility of infection.
authors.affiliation: Royal United Hospital, Bath.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*