The presterilization microbial load on used medical devices and the effectiveness of hydrogen peroxide gas plasma against Bacillus subtilis spores

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 465-472

  Penna, Thereza Christina Vessoni ^a   Ferraz, Carlos Augusto M ^b   Cassola, Maria Águida ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT; GAS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CATHETERIZATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GASES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NEEDLES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STERILIZATION;

EID: 0033160990     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501654     Document Type: Article

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