For brevity, I suggest that you use all sterile disposable single use items, however if you are to reprocess used instruments:

Classes

• Come to the APP or the APT conference for classes on the subject
• Read the notes from one of the recent APP classes http://brnskll.com/shares/statim/ for a thorough description of some options, including accessible reprocessing technology and practices.
• A brief history of sterilization class online http://brnskll.com/shares/a-brief-history-of-sterilization/
• Attend a Health Educators class http://hlthedu.com/ on the subject
• Consider the Fakir intensives http://fakir.org/classes/index.html

Publications

• Read the APP Procedure Manual http://www.safepiercing.org/publications/procedure-manual/
• Read the Piercing Bible http://www.safepiercing.org/publications/the-piercing-bible/

• Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pubs.html
• Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/Disinfection_Sterilization/acknowledg.html
• CDC guide to preventing surgical site infections http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/SSI/001_SSI.html

• An interpretation of how the above CDC guide to preventing SSI should be applied to body art (written with help from the CDC deputy director) http://piercingexp.com/info/infection-control.html