Guidelines on sterilization and disinfection methods effective against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ; Guide pour les méthodes de stérilisation et de désinfection efficaces contre le virus de l' immunodéficience humaine ; Guía de métodos eficaces de esterilización y desinfección contra el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) ; 2nd ed

Russian version of nos. 1-3 issued in one volume ; gre published by: Athens : National Centre for AIDS/Beta Medical Arts Publishers ; jap published by: Tokyo : Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention ; por published by: Sao Paulo : Livraria Editora Santos ; tha In Thai AIDS journal. - Vol. 2, no. 1 (1990) ; Chinese version of nos. 1-3 issued in one volume ; pol published by: Warsaw : Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Department of Studies on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence ; nep published by: Kathmandu : Development Communication Consultancy Services ; vie published by: Hanoi : Y Hoc Publishing House ; ita published by: Rome : Editorial Service, Istituto Superiore di Sanità ; 11 p. ; The second edition of a technical guide to methods of sterilization and high-level disinfection necessary to assure that medical instruments for invasive procedures, including needles and syringes, do not transmit the human immunodeficiency virus. Didactic in its approach, the book provides complete technical instructions for sterilization and disinfection, indicating methods of choice and alerting readers to factors that may influence safety and reliability. Advice, instructions, and warnings are specific to practical conditions in the field. Procedures that may be safe in theory, yet unreliable in the field, are clearly indicated. The booklet also includes a one-page field guide to sterilization and high-level disinfection and a table showing prices, per litre of solution and per litre when air-freighted, for ten disinfectants effective against HIV