Evaluation of the ScanRDI® as a rapid alternative to the pharmacopoeial sterility test method: Comparison of the limits of detection

PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 356-363

  Smith, Ron ^a   Von Tress, Mark ^a   Tubb, Cheyenne ^a   Vanhaecke, Erwin ^a  

^a ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemunex ScanRDI ; Most probable number; Rapid sterility test; Sterility testing

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERILITY TEST; BACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; INFERTILITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFERTILITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78149331262     PISSN: 10797440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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