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EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - STERIS CORPdex311.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - STERIS CORPdex312.htm
EX-32.1 - SECTION 906 CEO AND CFO CERTIFICATION - STERIS CORPdex321.htm
10-Q - QUARTERLY REPORT - STERIS CORPd10q.htm

Exhibit 15.1

LETTER REGARDING UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Board of Directors and Shareholders

STERIS Corporation

We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements and related Prospectuses of our report dated November 3, 2009 relating to the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of STERIS Corporation and subsidiaries that are included in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009:

 

Registration
Number

  

Description

333-65155

   Form S-8 Registration Statement – STERIS Corporation 1998 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan

333-32005

   Form S-8 Registration Statement – STERIS Corporation 1997 Stock Option Plan

333-06529

   Form S-3 Registration Statement – STERIS Corporation

333-01610

   Post-effective Amendment to Form S-4 on Form S-8 – STERIS Corporation

33-91444

   Form S-8 Registration Statement – STERIS Corporation 1994 Equity Compensation Plan

33-55976

   Form S-8 Registration Statement – STERIS Corporation 401(k) Plan

333-09733

   Form S-8 Registration Statement – STERIS Corporation 401(k) Plan

333-101308

   Form S-8 Registration Statement – STERIS Corporation 2002 Stock Option Plan

333-91302

   Form S-8 Registration Statement – Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between STERIS Corporation and Mark D. McGinley

333-137167

   Form S-8 Registration Statement – STERIS Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan

333-136239

   Form S-8 Registration Statement – STERIS Corporation 2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan

/s/    ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Cleveland, Ohio

November 3, 2009