title: Sterilizer monitoring: rationale for using biological indicators.
authors.affiliation: Sterilizer Monitoring Program, University of Louisville, School of Dentistry, USA.
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Staat
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003762:Dental Instruments; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D019552:Infection Control, Dental / Q000379:methods*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial; D013242:Sterilization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014481:United States