Sterilisation of polymer healthcare products [electronic resource] / Wayne Rogers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, W. J. (Wayne J.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical instruments and apparatus--Sterilization.

Medical instruments and apparatus.

Surgical instruments and apparatus--Sterilization.

Surgical instruments and apparatus.

Polymers in medicine--Sterilization.

Polymers in medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Place of Publication:

Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK : Rapra Technology, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sterilisation has always been challenging but sterilisation of healthcare products and polymers, especially together is an even greater challenge - how do you sterilise without adversely affecting the end use or the end user? This book discusses all the sterilisation methods used for polymeric healthcare products both traditional and new.

Contents:

1. Sterilisation qualities and science

2. General overview of sterilisation and related methods for healthcare products and polymers

3. Steam sterilisation of healthcare products and polymers

4. Statistics in sterility assurance and sterilisation validation of healthcare products

5. Radiation sterilisation

6. Ethylene oxide sterilisation : ubiquitous for most non liquid heat sensitive materials

7. Dry heat sterilisation/depyrogenation for extremely heat tolerant and non liquid materials

8. Alternative methods of sterilisation of healthcare products, polymers and materials

9. More recent alternative methods of sterilisation of polymer products

10. Potential applications and developments of sterilisation techniques

11. Summary of sterilisation for hospital products, polymers and materials

12. Definitions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-82359-3

9786610823598

1-84735-039-9

OCLC:

568032678