Biodecontamination of Animal Rooms and Heat-Sensitive Equipment with Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 18-21

  Krause, Juergen ^a   Mcdonnell, Gerald ^b   Riedesel, Hermann ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b STERIS Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; DECONTAMINATION; HEAT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LABORATORIES; VENTILATION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0035514425     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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