White Papers
Biological Indicators D-value and Population Verification/Assessment
- Third party testing and assessment/verification testing results and what can and can not be done with this data.
Steam Sterilization and BI Monitoring Liquid Loads
- Information on liquid cycle sterilization, use of sealed glass ampoules, possible causes for a failed cycle and information on why the ampoule BI should sink in the liquid being sterilized and not float on the surface.
Micro-Lab / Medical Waste Sterilization Made Easier
- Provides information on why one must use a sealed BI in waste sterilization and the easy way to accomplish such use.
Biological Indicators / D-value Verification
- Provides information pertaining to the critical parameters necessary to perform a D-value assessment and why it may be so difficult to obtain a 3rd party verification of the D-value on Biological Indicators.
Unique Cycles - Sterilizing Liquid Loads
- With liquid loads there are no concerns about pre-vac air-removal or steam penetration as into a porous load, so why do so many problems occur with liquid media sterilization and BI lethality?
Sterilization Monitoring - Validation of Liquid Loads Managing Infection Control 2002
- Sterilization Monitoring and Validation of Liquid Loads in Steam Autoclave Cycles and the Importance of Appropriate BI Selection and Resistance.
Monitoring Bio/Med Waste Bags with Spore Strips as Biological Indicators and ‘False’ Negatives
- It has been noted that a fairly large number of facilities use spore strips as their Biological Indicator (BI) for the monitoring of biowaste bags to be steam sterilized.