Plasma sterilisation within long and narrow bore dielectric tubes contaminated with stacked bacterial spores

Plasma Processes and Polymers

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-25

  Pollak, Jérôme ^a   Moisan, Michel ^a   Kéroack, Danielle ^a   Séguin, Jacynthe ^a   Barbeau, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microwave discharges; Processing; Spores; Sterilisation; UV spectroscopy; VUV irradiation

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; DISINFECTANTS; MICROSPHERES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYSTYRENES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL SPORES; DIELECTRIC TUBES; MICROWAVE DISCHARGES; PLASMA STERILIZATION; VUV IRRADIATION;

STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

EID: 38349054918     PISSN: 16128850     EISSN: 16128869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppap.200700110     Document Type: Article

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