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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. RutalaComments to Author  and David J. Weber
Author affiliations: University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care System; UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Main Article

Table 1

New methods in disinfection and sterilization

Process Agent Regulatory agency action
Disinfection Ortho-phthalaldehyde (Cidex OPA) FDA cleared, October 1999
Antimicrobial coating (Surfacine) Not FDA/EPA cleared
Superoxidized water (Sterilox) Not FDA/EPA cleared
Sterilization Liquid sterilization process (Endoclens) Not FDA cleared
Rapid readout ethylene oxide biological indicator (Attest) Not FDA cleared
New plasma sterilizer (Sterrad 50) FDA cleared, January 1999

Main Article

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