Quality control for biological decontamination and sterilization
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1. An article for quality control in infectious waste treatment systems comprising:
- a destruction resistant medium, said medium containing indicator microorganisms at a given number per unit, said microorganisms being homogeneously seeded throughout the entirety of said medium, such that the number of microorganisms per given unit of medium is substantially constant throughout the entirety of the medium;
said medium being non-brittle and resilient;
said medium being severable, such that said medium is severable into at least two separate pieces upon treatment of said medium in a waste treatment process having a physical disruption step; and
said medium containing a known kind of microorganisms.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to new methods and new destruction-resistant materials for simple and routine quality control measurement of the effectiveness of biological decontamination and sterilization processes that utilize at least one step involving physical disruption of treated wastes, where such physical disruption would destroy conventional, non-destruction-resistant quality control means. Quantitative and qualitative analysis is provided.
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1. An article for quality control in infectious waste treatment systems comprising:
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a destruction resistant medium, said medium containing indicator microorganisms at a given number per unit, said microorganisms being homogeneously seeded throughout the entirety of said medium, such that the number of microorganisms per given unit of medium is substantially constant throughout the entirety of the medium; said medium being non-brittle and resilient; said medium being severable, such that said medium is severable into at least two separate pieces upon treatment of said medium in a waste treatment process having a physical disruption step; and said medium containing a known kind of microorganisms. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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