title: Indiana dentists surveyed for effectiveness of biological testing of heat sterilization units.
abstract: The Indiana State Department of Health, Oral Health Services, randomly selected Indiana dentists to ascertain their compliance toward biological testing of heat sterilization units. Slightly more than 85 percent of the dentists surveyed were in compliance with the law regulating biological testing of heat sterilization units.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD), USA.
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Hazelrigg
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003770:Dental Offices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D019552:Infection Control, Dental / Q000592:standards*; D011897:Random Allocation; D013242:Sterilization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires