Plasma disinfection and the deterioration of surgical tools at atmospheric pressure plasma

IEEJ Transactions on Fundamentals and Materials

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-361

  Zaaba, Siti Khadijah ^a,b   Akitsu, Tetsuya ^a   Ohkawa, Hiroshi ^a   Katayama Hirayama, Keiko ^a   Tsuji, Masao ^c   Shimizu, Naohiro ^d   Imanishi, Yuichirou ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

^c Yamanashi Prefectural Industrial Technology Center   (Japan)

^d NGK INSULATORS LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasma; Disinfection; Inductive energy system; Static induction thyristor; Surgical blade deterioration

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON; CARBON STEEL; DETERIORATION; DISINFECTION; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE GLOW PLASMA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; DISINFECTION PROCESS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; STATIC INDUCTION THYRISTORS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 77953571661     PISSN: 03854205     EISSN: 13475533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejfms.130.355     Document Type: Article

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