Packaged article for ethylene oxide sterilization and subsequent storage
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4. A PACKAGE COMPLETELY ENCLOSING AN ARTICLE BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER STERILIZATION BY EXPONSURE TO ETHYLENE OXIDE, COMPRISING A SEALED CONTAINER MADE FROM A SHEET MATERIAL WHICH IS PREVIOUS TO ETHYLENE OXIDE BUT IMPERVIOUS TO AIRBORNE BACTERIA, AN ETHYLENE OXIDE SYERILIZATION INDICATOR WHICH CONSISTS OF DRIED INK INSIGNIA CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A MIXTURE OF MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE WITH WATER OF CRYSTALLIZATION, AN ACID, AN ACID-ALKALI INDICATOR DYE, AND A BINDER, SAID PACKAGE ALSO CONTAINING A SOLID MOISTURE ADSORBENT CONTAINING ADSORBED WATER WHILE RETAINING ITS APPARENT DRY CONDITION WHEREBY WATER VAPOR IS PROVIDED WITHIN SAID SEALED PACKAGE.
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4. A PACKAGE COMPLETELY ENCLOSING AN ARTICLE BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER STERILIZATION BY EXPONSURE TO ETHYLENE OXIDE, COMPRISING A SEALED CONTAINER MADE FROM A SHEET MATERIAL WHICH IS PREVIOUS TO ETHYLENE OXIDE BUT IMPERVIOUS TO AIRBORNE BACTERIA, AN ETHYLENE OXIDE SYERILIZATION INDICATOR WHICH CONSISTS OF DRIED INK INSIGNIA CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A MIXTURE OF MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE WITH WATER OF CRYSTALLIZATION, AN ACID, AN ACID-ALKALI INDICATOR DYE, AND A BINDER, SAID PACKAGE ALSO CONTAINING A SOLID MOISTURE ADSORBENT CONTAINING ADSORBED WATER WHILE RETAINING ITS APPARENT DRY CONDITION WHEREBY WATER VAPOR IS PROVIDED WITHIN SAID SEALED PACKAGE.
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