IF YOU HAVE DECONTAMINATION DATA/INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO THE COMMUNITY PLEASE SEND TO TIM MCHUGH OR BARRY WALKER

Feb 2007: Recent Guidance from the Health Protection Authority is here

August 2007:

IMPORTANT NOTE

The information below is provided on a "as is" basis - the Acid fast Club and the generous providers of these data place this information here to aid the search for a suitable replacement for "Old Hycolin". It is your individual responsibilities to ensure any decontamination protocol or agent being tested or proposed for use in your facilityt is "fit for purpose" and appropriately validated for its specified use.

If you have queries about any experiemental or protocol details - please contact Barry Walker kbwalker@nibsc.ac.uk who will pass your query onwards.

(1) A summary of studies at NIBSC is here

(2) A summary of studies by The London Hospital is here

(3) A Document from the NPHS Microbiology Cardiff, Welsh Centre for Mycobacteria is here

(4) Data from St George's Hospital Medical school here

March 2007: Minutes of January AFC meeting on Hycolin are HERE

Page updated August 20 2007