Premium
ASPECTS OF AUTOCLAVE MONITORING and PROCESS CONTROL
Author(s) -
Hoskins H. Turnley
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2710
pISSN - 0269-4727
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2710.1979.tb00134.x
Subject(s) - autoclave , reliability (semiconductor) , weibull distribution , reliability engineering , computer science , process engineering , environmental science , statistics , engineering , materials science , mathematics , metallurgy , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
Summary Alternative techniques for autoclave monitoring are proposed with the introduction of the ‘Master Temperature Record’ for the hospital service in the U.K. and the evaluation of F o by the F.D.A. in America. The use of nabla values and F o are compared and two devices for the electronic integration of autoclave cycles are described. With more discerning monitoring techniques, considerable process variability may be observed. It is proposed that mean and range charts are used to alert operators to potentially dangerous instrument variation whilst absolute reliability may be monitored by the use of Weibull distributions and together the monitoring of autoclave consistency and reliability can contribute significantly to improving overall safety in the production of sterile fluids.