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The use of glutaraldehyde in tuberculosis laboratory discard jars
Author(s) -
Collins Jill
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1986.tb01526.x
Subject(s) - glutaraldehyde , tuberculosis , microbiology and biotechnology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , chemistry , biology , chromatography , medicine , pathology
A 4 log reduction, equivalent to a 99‐99% kill in the number of tubercle bacilli, was obtained when glutaraldehyde was used in experimental discard jars in a tuberculosis laboratory.