Ethylene oxide sterilisation--is it safe?
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Ethylene oxide sterilisation--is it safe?
Tests show that ethylene oxide penetrates and can sterilise long narrow tubes in a hospital ethylene oxide steriliser. Residual ethylene oxide levels in plastic tubing after sterilisation have been estimated. Although initially the levels were very high, storage for four days at room temperature reduced them to a safe level. If adequate controls of the sterilising process and storage are carrie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.32.11.1184