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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1981 August; 42(2): 383-384

Monitoring Steam Sterilization of Surgical Instruments: a Dilemma

Robert E. Perkins1, H. A. Bodman1, Ruth B. Kundsin1,2 and Carl W. Walter3

1 Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
2 Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
3 Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

ABSTRACT

The study of two biological indicators in monitoring "flash" sterilization demonstrated that indicator construction often leads to a false interpretation of spore survival.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1981 August; 42(2): 383-384






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