A comparative study of methods to validate formaldehyde decontamination of biological safety cabinets

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 873-876

  Munro, Kerry ^a   Lanser, Janice ^a   Flower, Robert ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; HUMIDITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; SPOROGENESIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACILLUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POLIOVIRUS;

EID: 0033012302     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.873-876.1999     Document Type: Article

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