Attached files

file filename
EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - STERIS CORPFinancial_Report.xls
10-Q - QUARTERLY REPORT - STERIS CORPd10q.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - STERIS CORPdex312.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - STERIS CORPdex311.htm
EX-10.1 - EXECUTIVE RETENTION AGREEMENT, DATED APRIL 1, 2010 - STERIS CORPdex101.htm
EX-32.1 - SECTION 906 CEO AND CFO CERTIFICATION - STERIS CORPdex321.htm

Exhibit 15.1

LETTER of Ernst & Young LLP 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 Post Effective Amendments and related Prospectuses of our report dated August 9, 2010 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 June 30, 2010:

 

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
33-91442    Form S-8 Registration Statement – STERIS Corporation 1994 Nonemployee Directors 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

August 9, 2010