Damage of office supply, personal use items, and over-the-counter medical devices after sterilization by ethylene oxide gas, electron beam, and gamma radiation

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 476-484

  Lucas, Anne D ^a   Merritt, Katharine ^a   Hitchins, Victoria M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DECONTAMINATION; DISCOLORATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; GAMMA RAYS; NYLON TEXTILES; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

ETHYLENE OXIDE GAS (EO); OFFICE SUPPLY;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ETHYLENE OXIDE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRON BEAM; FILM; GAMMA RADIATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ETHYLENE OXIDE; GAMMA RAYS; OFFICE MANAGEMENT; POSTAL SERVICE; STERILIZATION; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; DISCOLORATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL SURGICAL SUPPLIES; NYLON; STERILIZATION;

EID: 10644258726     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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