Open AccessMonitoring Steam Sterilization of Surgical Instruments: a Dilemma
Author(s) -
Robert E. Perkins,
Hollis A. Bodman,
Ruth B. Kundsin,
Carl W. Walter
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.42.2.383-384.1981
Subject(s) - sterilization (economics) , dilemma , environmental science , waste management , medicine , engineering , business , mathematics , exchange rate , foreign exchange market , geometry , finance
The study of two biological indicators in monitoring "flash" sterilization demonstrated that indicator construction often leads to a false interpretation of spore survival.
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