Multicentre trials for decontamination of fine-lumen PTFE tubes loaded with bacterial endospores by low and atmospheric pressure plasma

Plasma Processes and Polymers

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-47

  Schnabel, Uta ^a   Maucher, Tanja ^b   Köhnlein, Johanna ^c   Volkwein, Wolfram ^b   Niquet, Rijana ^a   Trick, Iris ^b   Stieber, Manfred ^a   Müller, Michael ^b   Werner, Heinz Peter ^c   Ehlbeck, Jörg ^a   Oehr, Christian ^b   Weltmann, Klaus Dieter ^a  

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

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

^c HYGCEN GERMANY GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

bacterial spores; decontamination; multicentre trials; non thermal plasma; polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORES; BACTERIAL SPORE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMAS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEDICAL DEVICES; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MULTICENTRE TRIALS; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; ONE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PLASMA TREATMENT; REPRODUCIBILITIES; ROUND ROBIN TEST;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DECONTAMINATION; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA SOURCES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; STANDARDIZATION; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84855554478     PISSN: 16128850     EISSN: 16128869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppap.201000206     Document Type: Article

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