Microbiological evaluation of the steam sterilization of assembled laparoscopic instruments

• Päätekijät: Tamara Carolina de Camargo (Tekijä), Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano (Tekijä), Alda Graciele Claudio dos Santos Almeida (Tekijä), Karina Suzuki (Tekijä), Cely Barreto da Silva (Tekijä), Flávia Morais Gomes Pinto (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Universidade de São Paulo.
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ABSTRACT Objective: assess the safety of steam sterilization of assembled laparoscopic instruments with challenge contamination. Method: a laboratory experimental study, using as test samples trocars and laparoscopic graspers. Geobacillus stearothermophillus ATCC-7953 was used, with a microbial popu...