Management, equipment, and process of the decontamination of dental instruments in a Local Decontamination Unit (LDU) in NHSScotland (SHTM 01-05)
Published on 30 April 2024
From: NHSScotland Assure
Management, equipment, and process of the decontamination of dental instruments in a Local Decontamination Unit (LDU) in NHSScotland (SHTM 01-05).
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The best practice guidance Scottish Health Technical Memorandum (SHTM) 01-05 - management, equipment, and process of the decontamination of dental instruments in a Local Decontamination Unit (LDU) in NHSScotland published in 2024 replaces relevant parts of SHTM 2010 relating to small steam sterilizers, SHTM 2030 for washer disinfectors (WD), other previous NHSScotland dental decontamination guidance and the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) decontamination publications. The SHTM 01-05 series comprises of three parts:
- Part A - management
- Part B - decontamination equipment/ test methods
- Part C - process