This page has links to both the full NICE IPG196 Guidance notes and also the Summary document issued. In addition we have extracted the key elements from the report that relate diectly to the identification of surgical instruments.

Click here to see the full NICE IPG196 report in PDF format. Some key points from the report are shown in the report Matrix Marking report summary. 

Click here to see the official NICE summary version of the full report. 

Click here for the Matrix Marking review of the key items from the full NICE IPG196 report.