The three-monthly IDSc Journal (formerly ISSM Journal) used to be the Official Journal of the Institute of Decontamination Sciences.
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The IDSc Journal
May-July 2006 - Vol.10 No.4
In this issue:
- NVQ3 in Decontamination - a question and answer session with John Harrison
- Re-thinking the quality manual and practical experiences of developing a quality system
- Instrument cleaning process revisited
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The IDSc Journal
February-April 2006 - Vol.10 No.3
In this issue:
- News and Views
- News
- Investors in people award for IDSc
- IDSc Member reaches Mastermind final
- Sterile Services Praised in the House of Commons
- Welcome to Kath Saxelby the new Director of Administration
- Views
- In my opinion - Val O'Brien
- Letter to the Editor
- Special feature on the National Decontamination Project
- Question and answer session with Chris Brown, National Decontamination Team
- Outsourcing- lessons to be learned
- ASP Seminar - Are you ready for the decontamination programme?
- Four years after the start of the project.... and still many questions unanswered.
- Visit to a supercentre in Switzerland
- Report from the IDSc Conference in Blackpool
- Providing clean and sterile surgical Instruments - the challenge from prion-associated diseases
- Soils and soil detection methodology: current and emerging technology
- Validation and test methods
- Instrument manufacturing - materials and testing
- Life from a bidder's point of view...
- Staff in transition
- Decontamination and sterilisation of orthopaedic instruments and implants
- On the re-processing of flexible endoscopes
- Open Forum
- Photos from Conference
- IDSc Updates
- Education and Training: A Full Agenda
- Update from the IDSc Quality Project Group
- What do you think of the IDSc Journal?
- Product news
- How do I write a short article
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The IDSc Journal
October-December 2005 - Vol.10 No.2
In this issue:
- IDSc Conference Programme
- A New Steam Penetration Test for instrument Loads in Containers
- The New SSD at Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- Implementing a System to Safely Manage Surgical instrumentation to the Organisation
- Info Update
- Membership of IDSc through the National Vocational Qualification Pathway
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The IDSc Journal
July-September 2005 - Vol.10 No.1
In this issue:
- Evaluation of the efficacy of an endoscope drying/storage cabinet, Lancer Model FD8
- Decontamination Development - Bon Secours Hospital Shows the Way Forward
- From the IDSc Director of Education
- IDSc Annual Conference Programme
- John Harrison - IDSc Director of Education
- Info Update
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The ISSM Journal
April-June 2005 - Vol.9 No.4
In this issue:
- Decontamination - Upgraded HSDU will Process up to 120,000 Trays a Year
- Review of Environmental Monitoring
- Reflections from the 2004 Annual ISSM Conference in Blackpool
- ISSM Conference 2004: Open Session - Open Forum
- Product News - Vernon Carus
- Product News - New On-line Decontamination Resource
- Info Update - IDSc and IIP
- Info Update - Education
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The ISSM Journal
January-March 2005 - Vol.9 No.3
In this issue:
- An investigation into the contamination of sterile surgical equipment with glycerol during the decontamination and steam sterilisation process
- Decontamination in Endoscopy
- Sterility Assurance - what can we realistically expect to achieve?
- Report from the Central Sterilizing Club, Annual Scientific Meeting 2004
- Info Update
- ISSM Quality Project Group Update
- Acknowledgement
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The ISSM Journal
October-December 2004 - Vol.9 No.2
In this issue:
- Report from the Central Sterilizing Club Annual Scientific Meeting 2004
- Evaluation of Test Methods Used in Monitoring Residual Biological Material for the Determination of the Efficacy of Hospital Washer Disinfectors
- Scotlands First TVQs Achieved
- Conference Update
- Product Update - Ebiox, Serchem
- Letter to the Editor
- Info Update
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The ISSM Journal
July-September 2004 - Vol.9 No.1
In this issue:
- Biological Contaminants Identified from Laryngeal Mask Airways
- Development of New CSSD Facility, NHS Dumfries and Galloway
- Cassette Washing - Quantum Leap Forward in Fully Metting HTM 2030/EN 15883 or Just Another Endoscope Washer?
- Reflections
- History of Infection Control - Florence Nightingale Part 2
- Product Update - Dawmed - Ebiox - LTE Scientific
- ISSM Conference Programme
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The ISSM Journal
April-June 2004 - Vol.8 No.4
In this issue:
- Inactivation of the Causal Agents of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Other Transmissible Degenerative Encephalopathies
- Cleaning and Washing Validating the Process
- Pro-tect® for Monitoring Cleaning in Hospital Sterile Services Washing Equipment
- History of infection control - Florence Nightingale Part 1
- Prelim Announcement DSc 2005 ISSM/IFSS
- Study into the Effect of Reverse Osmosis Rinse Water on Flexible Endoscopes
- Frankly Speaking
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The ISSM Journal
January-March 2004 - Vol.8 No.3
In this issue:
- HTM 2030 Guidelines
- Design Qualification for Installation of Small Water Treatment Systems
- An Aluminium Cleaner for the High Alkaline pH Range
- Hospital Aerobic Monitoring using the Air Guardian Accelerated Settle Plate Sampling Device
- ISSM & IIP - A Good Match?
- Reflections
- Alert Notice - MDA/2003/037
- Launch of New NATN and AODP Endorsed Publication
- Interpreting the Vocational Standards in order to gain membership into ISSM
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The ISSM Journal
October-December 2003 - Vol.8 No.2
In this issue:
- Alkaline vs Enzymatic for removing the vCJD Prion Protein
- The Impact of European Norms on the selection of drape and gown materials
- Electrolysed Salt Solutions - their performance as biocides
- Throwing out trouble, disposable instruments come of age
- Purchase of instruments - use of loan sets
- Reflections
- Frankly speaking - Going Green
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The ISSM Journal
July-September 2003 - Vol.8 No.1
In this issue:
- Hydrogen Peroxide Gas Plasma Sterilisation
- Reflections - Times past, times present but what about the future?
- Investigation into the Removal of Biofilm from Endoscope Channels Using Superoxidised Water
- Instrument Tracing Using a Laser Marking System
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The ISSM Journal
April-June 2003 - Vol.7 No.4
In this issue:
- Implications of using RO water in thermal washer-disinfectors
- Practical Aspects of Reverse Osmosis Desgin for Sterile Services Applications
- Why do surgeons need so many toys?
- A reflection on a 35 year career in the National Health Service
- ISSM Conference Blackpool 2002
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The ISSM Journal
January-March 2003 - Vol.7 No.3
In this issue:
- Washer-disinfectors - implications of HTM 2030 and proposed EN standard
- The Patients Association report on sterilisation and decontamination
- Analysis of ISSM Questionnaire
- Single Use Drapes and Gowns - the solution
- Ordering Reusable Surgical Instruments
- Mobile Theatre Sterile Services Unit
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The ISSM Journal
October-December 2002 - Vol.7 No.2
In this issue:
- Current and Future Trends in Decontamination and Sterilisation within the Hospital and Primary Care Setting
- Validation of Matachana/Webeco LTS/LTSF steriliser/dinfector
- Sterilisation Methods, a Historical Perspective: Part 1 Ethylene Oxide
- Medical Devices: Plastics for the Medical Industry
- Conference 2002 Intro and Programme
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The ISSM Journal
July-September 2002 - Vol.7 No.1
In this issue:
- An Endoscope Manufacturer's Perspective
- The Benefits of Using Single-Use Gastrointestinal Catheters
- Decontamination of Laringoscopes - Reuse and Single-Use Equipment
- Surgical Drapes and Gowns - A Comment
- Susan Meredith, Director of Education
- TVQ Information
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The ISSM Journal
March-June 2002 - Vol.6 No.4
In this issue:
- Prions in Operating Theatres
- Traceability is more than where and on whom sterile equipment is used
- Surgical Diathermy
- Is it Sterile!
- The Scandal of Cidex
- TVQ Information
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The ISSM Journal
January-March 2002 - Vol.6 No.3
In this issue:
- Latrogenic vCJD from surgical instruments
- Purifying Water for Hospital Sterile Services
- Kimberly-Clark's Kimguard One-Step* Sterilization Wrap - A User's Perspective
- The Decontamination of Surgical Instruments
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The ISSM Journal
October-December 2001 - Vol.6 No.2
In this issue:
- Reducing the Risks
- Reuse of Single Use Devices
- The Tracking of Surgical Instruments
- A short history of Scapel Blade Manufacturing
- Single-Use Instruments for Tonsil and Adenoid Surgery
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The ISSM Journal
July-September 2001 - Vol.6 No.1
In this issue:
- Reducing the Risks
- Reuse of Single Use Devices
- The Tracking of Surgical Instruments
- A short history of Scapel Blade Manufacturing
- Single-Use Instruments for Tonsil and Adenoid Surgery
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The ISSM Journal
April-June 2001 - Vol.5 No.4
In this issue:
- Passage of bacteria through surgical drapes
- Loan instrumentation
- CE notified body oversight - a system in need of overhaul?
- The supply of quality disposable instruments
- Prion disease - New challenges for the NHS
- The dreaded TVQ - A student's perspective
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The ISSM Journal
January-March 2001 - Vol.5 No.3
In this issue:
- A Cultural Change in Decontamination - from basement to boardroom
- Hospital Acquired Infection and the Reuse of Medical Devices
- The Fight Against Infection - Know Your Enemy
- How We Achieved Quality Standards in Sterile Services
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The ISSM Journal
October-December 2000 - Vol.5 No.2
In this issue:
- ISO 9001: 2000 Bulletin, what is the current position?
- Clinical Governance for Sterile Services
- Sterile Services - The Environment
- To TVQ or NOT? A Manager's Experience
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The ISSM Journal
July-September 2000 - Vol.5 No.1
In this issue:
- Decontamination - Machinery and Testing
- Concurrent Product Development and Regulatory Compliance
- The Electronic Test System for Steam Sterilizers - ETS
- The Law and Sterilisation of Surgical Instruments
- Letters to the Editor
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The ISSM Journal
April-June 2000 - Vol.4 No.4
In this issue:
- Single or Multiple Wrapping Of Medical Devices: Procedure Assessment
- Absolute Cleanliness
- General Medical Device Decontamination Assessment Questionnaire
- Where Does It All End?
- Supply of Medical Swabs
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The ISSM Journal
January-March 2000 - Vol.4 No.3
In this issue:
- Environmental air monitoring
- Laundry decontamination
- Repeated use of combination pressure volume catheters
- Setting, achieving and maintaining standards
- The SSTC
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The ISSM Journal
October-December 1999 - Vol.4 No.2
In this issue:
- Analysis of the Use & Testing of Electro-surgery
- Sterilization, Disinfection and Cleaning of Medical Equipment
- Setting, Achieving & Maintaining Standards in Sterile Services
- History of Infection Control, Part 8 Pasteur the Lynch Pin
- A Train of Events?
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The ISSM Journal
July-September 1999 - Vol.4 No.1
In this issue:
- The Kelsey Lecture (by Prof W Koller)
- Tools of the Trade (by David Heighton)
- Generation and Distribution of Steam for Sterilization (by Peter Hooper)
- In Sickness and in Health (by Olivia Waller)
- If the MDA can't help try this approach (by Shaun Deneen)
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