Assembly of standardized test specimen for microbial quantification of plasma sterilization processes of fine PTFE tubes as used in thermo sensitive medical devices like flexible endoscopes

Plasma Processes and Polymers

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-207

  Maucher, Tanja ^a   Schnabel, Uta ^b   Volkwein, Wolfram ^a   Köhnlein, Johanna ^c   Winter, Jörn ^d   Weltmann, Klaus Dieter ^b   Trick, Iris ^a   Oehr, Christian ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HYGCEN GERMANY GMBH   (Germany)

^d Webeco GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bacterial spores; microbial cycle method; recovery; round robin test; sterilization

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPES; HIGH COSTS; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MEDICAL DEVICES; MICROBIAL CYCLE-METHOD; PLASMA STERILIZATION; ROUND ROBIN TEST; STERILIZATION; TEST SPECIMENS; THERMO SENSITIVE;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

RECOVERY;

EID: 79952636807     PISSN: 16128850     EISSN: 16128869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppap.201000141     Document Type: Article

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