False positive results of Bowie and Dick type test used for hospital steam sterilizer with slower come-up ramps: A case study.

False positive results of Bowie and Dick type test used for hospital steam sterilizer with slower come-up ramps: A case study.

OBJECTIVE:To determine if the standardized B&D type test for hospital steam sterilizer is correctly indicating cycle failures in slower come-up ramps cycles. METHODS:Two commercially available B&D type test were challenged in a quality control sterilizer. A common failure was simulated in tr...

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Main Authors: Paulo Roberto Laranjeira, Jeane Aparecida Gonzalez Bronzatti, Camila Quartim de Moraes Bruna, Rafael Queiroz de Souza, Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano, Viktoriya Lusignan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227943

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