An Industry Waits in Anticipation Release of HICPAC's Updated Guidelines on Facility Disinfection and Sterilization is Delayed

摘要

The formula in question is: 45 minutes at 25 degrees C for >2 percent glutaraldehyde. This recommendation contradicts a label claim made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and has therefore caused confusion. The matter and some others are being cleared up, however, and CDC spokespersons estimate that the guidelines will be released in late summer or early fall of 2007. The document will likely be called Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, they say. The guidelines are from the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC), a federal committee operated by the CDC.