PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Caputo, ROSS A.
AU  - Rohn, Kimberly J.
AU  - Mascoli, Carmine C.
TI  - Recovery of Biological Indicator Organisms after Sublethal Sterilization Treatment
DP  - 1980 Sep 01
TA  - PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
PG  - 394--397
VI  - 34
IP  - 5
4099  - http://journal.pda.org/content/34/5/394.short
4100  - http://journal.pda.org/content/34/5/394.full
SO  - PDA J Pharm Sci Technol1980 Sep 01; 34
AB  - An important factor affecting the recovery of biological indicators (BI’s) is the time elapsed between exposure to a sterilant and growth testing. The length of time and the temperature at which the BI’s are stored after sterilization were found to significantly affect growth. BI’s stored at 20–25 °C for 48 hr prior to testing showed a 90% reduction in growth when compared to those that had been refrigerated at 2–8 °Cfor the same time period. This was consistent for B. subtilis and B. stcarothermophilus spores and independent of the type of sterilization process studied.