Useful Website Links
Links to Decontamination Standards and Practice Related
Information
The Institute of Decontamination Sciences (IDSc) is the UK’s
largest professional body for personnel involved in the
decontamination of reusable medical
devices. Its aim is to maintain a learned
body, to implement and sustain an education programme for its
members, and those aspiring to membership, with the object of
achieving and maintaining high professional
standards for those working in any aspect of
decontamination sciences.
http://www.idsc-uk.co.uk/
Central Sterilising Club exists to provide a
multidisciplinary forum for the exchange of information, to
actively participate as an organisation in all aspects of
decontamination and other infection control related issues
and to encourage acquisition of knowledge and disseminate
information on infection control related issues.
http://www.csc.org.uk/
The Association for Perioperative Practice (AfPP)
formally the National Association of Theatre Nurses, is
a charity providing education and support to theatre nurses,
Operating Department Practitioners and all those working in and
around operating departments.
http://www.afpp.org.uk/home
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is
an executive agency of the Department of Health. It
exists to safeguard the health of the public by ensuring that
medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably
safe.
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/index.htm
The Association of British Healthcare Industries is the largest
industry association for the UK medical technology sector. It
has a membership of over 200 company members across the
medical technology sector and has a Decontamination focus
group.
http://www.abhi.org.uk/
British Standards Institute is the UKs national standards
body. Online (BSOL) is a bibliographic, citation and
full-text database of more than 50,000 British and adopted European
and international standards many of which related to aspects of
Decontamination.
http://www.bsigroup.co.uk/