Sterilization by pure oxygen plasma and by oxygen-hydrogen peroxide plasma: An efficacy study

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 353, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 170-175

  Boscariol, M R ^a   Moreira, A J ^a   Mansano, R D ^a   Kikuchi, I S ^a   Pinto, T J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis (Bacillus atrophaeus); Gas plasma; Hydrogen peroxide; Inductively coupled plasma; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LOW PRESSURE PROCEDURE; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PLASMA; POUR PLATE TECHNIQUE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; PLASMA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STERILIZATION;

EID: 40349114875     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.11.059     Document Type: Article

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