Volume 7, Number 2—April 2001
THEME ISSUE
4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections
State of the Art
New Disinfection and Sterilization Methods
William A. Rutala
and David J. Weber
and David J. WeberTable 5
Sensitivity of Attest rapid readout ethylene oxide biological indicator
| Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterilization |
Incubation |
growth-positives |
False-negatives |
Sensitivity |
|
| process | temperature | Number tested | (168 hr) | (4 hr) | (4 hr) |
| 37°C 600 mg EO/L, 60% relative humidity | 37°C | 1,100 | 752 | 0 | 100% |
| 54°C 600 mg EO/L, 60% relative humidity | 37°C | 1,300 | 842 | 0 |
