RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Revisiting the Moist Heat Sterilization Myths
JF PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
JO PDA J Pharm Sci Technol
FD Parenteral Drug Association (PDA)
SP 89
OP 102
VO 63
IS 2
A1 James Agalloco
A1 James Akers
A1 Russell Madsen
YR 2009
UL http://journal.pda.org/content/63/2/89.abstract
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.