title: Can the sector afford not to comply?
abstract: John Prendergast, a Decontamination Engineer working within the specialist team at NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership/Facilities Services, and Wayne Spencer, an independent consultant on decontamination and healthcare engineering issues, with high-level previous experience at the Department of Health and the Welsh Health Common Services Authority (now NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership), report on a recent study day held in Birmingham, and staged by The Central Sterilising Club, entitled 'Update on Decontamination Standards'.
authors.affiliation: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership/Facilities Services.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prendergast
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: D003666:Decontamination / Q000592:standards*; D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D014852:Wales