ABSTRACT
Purpose of disinfection and cleaning 233 Disinfection 233 Sterilization 236 Cleaning 236
The practice of cleaning 239 Stages in cleaning 241 Summary 243 Sources of information and further reading 244
Disinfection is the killing or removal of microbes down to safe levels. Disinfection is achieved by using heat or chemicals to kill the microbes, or possibly through the removal of microbes during cleaning.
