Use of Dacron as an alternative carrier for evaluating oxidizing sterilants in the AOAC sporicidal test

Journal of AOAC International

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 269-275

  McDonnell, Gerald ^a   Amato, Rasa ^a   Malchesky, Pall S ^a   Harrington, Stephanie ^a   Muzic, David S ^b   Marchant, Roger E ^b  

^a STERIS Corporation   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INSECT PROTEIN; OXIDIZING AGENT; PERACETIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH;

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INSECT PROTEINS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDANTS; PERACETIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SILK; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STERILIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0034152036     PISSN: 10603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jaoac/83.2.269     Document Type: Article

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