Environmental monitoring programs for the oversight of classified environments have used
traditional statistical control charts to monitor trends in microbial recovery for classified …

Bacillus subtilis 5230 spores were lyophilized in 0.067 M phosphate buffer and stored at 2 to
8C for 9 to 27 months. The lyophilized spores were reconstituted with buffer or 0.9% saline, …

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 …

Increasingly stringent rules governing the use of ethylene oxide have created an interest in
developing alternative low-temperature sterilization technologies. One such technology uses …

A modification of the Colowick and Womack procedure for measuring ligand binding by
macromolecules is described for drug binding by bacteria. This technique is based on the …

Materials and methods Environmental isolates. Microbial isolates were obtained from the
controlled environments of various US pharmaceutical and medical device facilities from the …

An automated, computerized system currently used in some clinical laboratories for the
rapid identification of Enterobacteriaceae and Gram-negative nonfermenting bacteria, was …

Strains of Escherichia coli K-12 were treated with EDTA and reconstituted with EDTA-released
outer envelope material. Reconstitution was accomplished by reversing the effect of …

Ross A. Caputo, PhD. Anne Huffman, BS-Robert Reich, BS, MS. Pharmaceutical Systems,
Inc.... Minndelein, Illinois he advent of< 797>, the recently published United States …

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 …