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• Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care Facilities: An Overview and Current Issues
• Disinfection and sterilization: An overview. (May, 2013)
• High-level disinfection, sterilization, and antisepsis: Current issues in reprocessing medical and surgical instruments. (May, 2013)
• Current principles and practices; new research; and new technologies in disinfection, sterilization, and antisepsis.(May, 2013)
• Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care Facilities: An Overview and Current Issues
• Nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C virus in a liver transplant center in Hong Kong: implication of reusable blood collection tube holder as the vehicle for transmission. (August 29, 2018)
• Medical Devices: Definition, Classification, and Regulatory Implications
• Autoclave sterilization of dental handpieces: A literature review. (August 12, 2019)
• Prion disease and recommended procedures for flexible endoscope reprocessing – a review of policies worldwide and proposal for a simplified approach. (January, 2020)
• Medical Device Sterilization and Reprocessing in the Era of Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) Bacteria: Issues and Regulatory Concepts
• Minimising carbon and financial costs of steam sterilisation and packaging of reusable surgical instruments  

Endoscope Reprocessing

• Transmission of Infection by Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Bronchoscopy. (April 1, 2013)
• Risk of transmission of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and related “superbugs” during gastrointestinal endoscopy. (2014)
• A pilot study on using chlorine dioxide gas for disinfection of gastrointestinal endoscopes. (2016)
• Residual moisture and waterborne pathogens inside flexible endoscopes: Evidence from a multisite study of endoscope drying effectiveness (June 1, 2018)
•  Cleaning and Disinfecting Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Equipment
• Challenges in achieving effective high-level disinfection in endoscope reprocessing. (March, 2020)

Use of Technology

• Using a Systematic Approach for Adopting New Technologies in Sterile Processing Departments and Operating Rooms. (June, 2019)
• ATP Bioluminescence for Assessing the Efficacy of the Manual Cleaning Procedure during the Reprocessing of Reusable Surgical Instruments
• Analysis of bacterial contamination and the effectiveness of UV light-based reprocessing of everyday medical devices