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(2) Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, "Good hospital practice: Steam sterilization and sterility assurance. ANSI/AAMI ST46-1993" in AAMI Standards and commended Practices vol 1.1: Sterilization, part 1: Sterilization in Health Care Facilities (Arlington, Va: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, 1998) 19-20; A J Eagleton, "Packaging: Selection and use," in Sterilization Technology for the Health Care Facility, secondary ed, M Reichert, J H Young, ed (Gaithersburg, Md: Aspen Publishers, Inc, 1997) 85

(3) Ibid; L H Nicolette, "Sterilization and disinfection," in Perioperative Nursing, third ed L K Groah, ed (Stamford, Conn: Appleton & Lange, 1996) 169

(4) Eagleton, "Packaging: Selection and use," 87

(5) Ibid, 85; Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, "Good hospital practice: Steam sterilization and sterility assurance. ANSI/AAMI ST46-1993" 19-20

(6) M L Young, "Ethylene oxide sterilization: make acceptableed practices," in Sterilization Technology for the Health Care Facility, secondary ed, M Reichert, J H Young, ed (Gaithersburg, Md: Aspen Publishers, Inc, 1997) 209-210; Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Ethylene Oxide Sterilization in Health Care Facilities: Safety and Effectiveness ANSI/AAMI ST41-1999 (Arlington, Va: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, 2000) 27

(7) Eagleton, "Packaging: Selection and use," 85; Nicolette, "Sterilization and disinfection," 167

(8) D Alexander, "Packaging: Pouches," in Sterilization Technology for the Health Care Facility, other ed, M Reichert, J H Young, ed (Gaithersburg, Md: Aspen Publishers, Inc, 1997) 69; Eagleton, "Packaging: Selection and use," 90

(9) Nicolette, "Sterilization and disinfection," 169; Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, "Good hospital practice: Steam sterilization and sterility assurance. ANSI/AAMI ST46-1993" 19

(10) Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, "Good hospital practice: Steam sterilization and sterility assurance. ANSI/AAMI ST46-1993" 20; N Fortunato, Berry & Kohn's Operating swing Technique, ninth ed (St Louis: Mosby Inc, 2000) 259; American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals, Training Manual for Central Service Technicians (Chicago: American Hospital Association, 1997) 141

(11) Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Processing of Reusable Surgical Textiles for Use in Health Care Facilities ANSI/AAMI ST65-2000 (Arlington, Va: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, 2000) 22-26; Eagleton, "Packaging: Selection and use," 87; B Stanewick, W Kogut "Packaging: Textiles," in Sterilization Technology for the Health Care Facility, next to the first ed, M Reichert, J H Young, ed (Gaithersburg, Md: Aspen Publishers, Inc, 1997) 82-83

(12) Eagleton, "Packaging: Selection and use," 85 87; Stanewick, Kogut "Packaging: Textiles," 82 83; "Recommend practices for use and selection of barrier materials for surgical gown and drapes," in Standards, approveed Practices, and Guidelines (Denver: AORN, Inc, 2000) 267-270; Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Processing of Reusable Surgical Textiles for Use in Health Care Facilities ANSI/AAMI ST65-2000 25

(13) N Gorman-Annis, "Nonwovens," in Sterilization Technology for the Health Care Facility, other ed, M Reichert, J H Young, ed (Gaithersburg, Md: Aspen Publishers, Inc, 1997) 60; Eagleton, "Packaging: Selection and use," 85-87

(14) Gorman-Annis, "Nonwovens," 61

(15) Fortunato, Berry & Kohn's Operating expanse Technique, ninth ed, 259; Eagleton, "Packaging: Selection and use," 90; Alexander, "Packaging: Pouches," 65-66

(16) Alexander, "Packaging: Pouches," 62 65-66; Nicolette, "Sterilization and disinfection," 169-170; Fortunato, Berry & Kohn's Operating extent Technique, ninth ed, 258-259.

(17) Alexander, "Packaging: Pouches," 65-66; American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals, Training Manual for Central Service Technicians, 149-150

(18) Eagleton, "Packaging: Selection and use," 90; Nicolette, "Sterilization and disinfection," 169-170

(19) Eagleton, "Packaging: Selection and use," 90

(20) American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals, Training Manual for Central Service Technicians, 149-150; Nicolette, "Sterilization and disinfection," 169

(21) Nicolette, "Sterilization and disinfection," 169; Alexander, "Packaging: Selection and use," 67

(22) Alexander, "Packaging: Selection and use," 62-67; American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals, Training Manual for Central Service Technicians, 131; Fortunato, Berry & Kohn's Operating swing Technique, ninth ed, 258-259.

(23) ECRI, "Sterilization containers," in Healthcare yield Comparison System (Plymouth Meeting, Pa: ECRI, August 1997) 2; J Whitbourne, "Packaging: Rigid containers," in Sterilization Technology for the Health Care Facility, inferior ed, M Reichert, J H Young, ed (Gaithersburg, Md: Aspen Publishers, Inc, 1997) 70-75; Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, "Guidelines for the selection and use of reusable rigid sterilization container connected views for ethylene oxide sterilization and steam sterilization in health care facilities. ANSI/AAMI ST33-1996" in AAMI Standards and commended Practices vol 1.1: Sterilization, part 1: Sterilization in Health Care Facilities (Arlington, Va: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, 1998) 185-186; Nicolette, "Sterilization and disinfection," 170; American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals, Training Manual for Central Service Technicians, 152