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In September 1999, following concerns surrounding the theoretical transmission of vCJD the DH commissioned a snapshot survey of the decontamination of surgical instruments in a range of NHS hospitals, private and voluntary organisations and general medical and dental practices in England. Following the findings of this survey the National Decontamination Programme was launched in October 2000. This document reports on progress made to modernise the service in acute NHS hospitals it does not include any developments in general medical and dental practice or independent sector facilities
Full detail of the review programme methodology are not included to be able to assess reliability of systems used and analysis of data URLS for references would have been useful