title: Plasma sterilization of selected ophthalmic instruments for combined intraocular surgery.
abstract: Plasma sterilization is a nontoxic fast procedure for thermolabile and thermostable microsurgical instruments. We report data on the microbicidal effectiveness for daily routine surgical instruments like steel scissors, trephination devices, microstripper and Vitro-Cat as well as irrigation/aspiration instruments. When these instruments were cleaned from blood and saline, and when H2O2 intensifiers (adapters) were applied where necessary plasma sterilization proved to be a microbiologically safe procedure with legally adequate reduction factors of > 6 log.
authors.affiliation: University Eye Hospital Eppendorf, Germany.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bialasiewicz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Förtsch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sammann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Draeger
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000254:growth & development*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*