title: Choosing a monitoring service.
abstract: Many states now require dental offices to test their sterilizers on a regular basis for public health reasons. To perform this task, many offices choose to have the testing done by a third party. Many companies, small and large, now offer this service. To choose a monitoring service, the dental office should learn as much as possible about the variety of services available. This article will show the dental office how to choose a monitoring service.
authors.affiliation: Sterilization Monitoring Service, The Ohio State University, College of Dentistry, Columbus, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Welbourn
mesh_terms: D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D009820:Ohio; D012575:Schools, Dental; D013242:Sterilization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration; D014495:Universities