The use of a process challenge device in dental office gravity displacement tabletop sterilizers

There is evidence that dental office sterilizers often fail to pass the challenge of a biological indicator test. The use of a class 5 integrating indicator in each load could reduce the risk of instruments being released when all parameters for sterilization have not been met.

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of infection control 2015-10, Vol.43 (10), p.1131-1133
1. Verfasser:	Cuny, Eve, MS
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological indicator Chemical indicators Clinics Dental care Dental instrument sterilization Dental Offices Environmental monitoring Humans Indicator organisms Infection Control Infectious Disease Process challenge device Sterility assurance Sterilization Sterilization - methods Sterilization - standards
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Zusammenfassung:	There is evidence that dental office sterilizers often fail to pass the challenge of a biological indicator test. The use of a class 5 integrating indicator in each load could reduce the risk of instruments being released when all parameters for sterilization have not been met.
ISSN:	0196-6553 1527-3296
DOI:	10.1016/j.ajic.2015.05.044