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| 1893 || Disinfection method introduction || || British botanist {{w|Harry Marshall Ward}} experiments on the bactericidal effects of different coloured lights.<ref>{{cite book |title=Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation |publisher=Seymour Stanton Block |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=3f-kPJ17_TYC&pg=PA16&lpg=PA16&dq=1893+Ward+experiments+on+the+bactericidal+effects+of+different+coloured+lights&source=bl&ots=KnIjGx0NI-&sig=ACfU3U1k4NP-7Aqal_F1gi5veBhfs_h1Zw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8l8qxqM3pAhUlHLkGHcKpDLsQ6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=1893%20Ward%20experiments%20on%20the%20bactericidal%20effects%20of%20different%20coloured%20lights&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Clark |first1=Janet H. |title=THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF LIGHT |doi=10.1152/physrev.1922.2.2.277 |url=https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/physrev.1922.2.2.277?journalCode=physrev}}</ref> Ward demonstrates that it is primarily the ultraviolet portion of the spectrum that has the bactericidal action.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ultraviolet (UV) Light |url=http://www.spectralinnovations.com/reference/ultraviolet_light.htm |website=spectralinnovations.com |accessdate=24 May 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1894 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || || English industrialist {{w|William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme}} introduces the first mass-produced {{w|carbolic soap}} to the market, [[w:Lifebuoy (soap)|Lifebuoy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lifebuoy.com/about-us/history-of-health/ |title=Country Selector |accessdate=2014-10-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006155150/http://www.lifebuoy.com/about-us/history-of-health/ |archivedate=2014-10-06 }} A History of Health, lifebuoy.com</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1896 || Disinfection method introduction || || German physicist {{w|Wilhelm Röntgen}} discovers X-rays, which soon become known for their ability to destroy microbes.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
| 2001 || Protection ({{w|hand washing}}) || || The Global Handwashing Partnership (GHP) is established as a coalition of international stakeholders "working to promote handwashing with soap and recognize hygiene as a pillar of international development and public health."<ref>{{cite web |title=Global Handwashing Partnership |url=https://globalhandwashing.org/about-us/#:~:text=The%20Global%20Handwashing%20Partnership%20(GHP,knowledge%20to%20strengthen%20handwashing%20implementation. |website=globalhandwashing.org |accessdate=10 July 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 2002 || Publication || || The {{w|Royal Australian College of General Practitioners}} publishes a revised standard for office-based infection control which covers the sections of managing immunization, sterilization and disease surveillance.<ref name=racgp>{{cite web| last =The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners| title =RACGP Infection Control Standards for Office-based Practices (4th Edition)| url =http://www.racgp.org.au/infectioncontrol| access-date =8 November 2008| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081220163900/http://www.racgp.org.au/infectioncontrol| archive-date =20 December 2008| df =dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=sracgp>{{cite web| last =The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners| title =Slides - RACGP Infection Control Standards for Office-based Practices (4th Edition)| url =http://www.racgp.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/PracticeSupport/StandardsforGeneralPractices/200708RACGP_Infection_Control_Standards.pdf| access-date =8 November 2008| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081217113407/http://www.racgp.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/PracticeSupport/StandardsforGeneralPractices/200708RACGP_Infection_Control_Standards.pdf| archive-date =17 December 2008| df =dmy-all}}</ref> || {{w|Australia}}
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| 2003 || Protection (‘‘{{w|cordon sanitaire}}’’) || {{w|Severe acute respiratory syndrome}} || During the [[w:Timeline of the SARS outbreak|2003 SARS outbreak]] in Canada, "community quarantine" is used to successfully reduce transmission of the disease.<ref>{{cite journal| pmid=20034405 | doi=10.1186/1471-2458-9-488 | pmc=2808319 | volume=9 | title=Quantifying the impact of community quarantine on SARS transmission in Ontario: estimation of secondary case count difference and number needed to quarantine | year=2009 | journal=BMC Public Health | page=488 | last1 = Bondy | first1 = SJ | last2 = Russell | first2 = ML | last3 = Laflèche | first3 = JM | last4 = Rea | first4 = E}}</ref> || {{w|Canada}}
