PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - James Agalloco
AU  - James Akers
AU  - Russell Madsen
TI  - Revisiting the Moist Heat Sterilization Myths
DP  - 2009 Mar 01
TA  - PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
PG  - 89--102
VI  - 63
IP  - 2
4099  - http://journal.pda.org/content/63/2/89.short
4100  - http://journal.pda.org/content/63/2/89.full
SO  - PDA J Pharm Sci Technol2009 Mar 01; 63
AB  - This paper reviews the prevailing myths regarding steam sterilization currently prevalent in the pharmaceutical industry. It updates an earlier article by the same authors on the that subject that was originally published in 1998. The text addresses the current situation with respect to the beliefs debunked in the original effort, as well as several new mistruths that have emerged in the intervening years.