Revisiting the moist heat sterilization myths.
This paper reviews the prevailing myths regarding steam sterilization currently prevalent in the pharmaceutical industry. It updates an earlier article by the same authors on the that subject that was originally published in 1998. The text addresses the current situation with respect to the beliefs debunked in the original effort, as well as several new mistruths that have emerged in the intervening years.
Agalloco
James
J
Agalloco & Associates, Belle Mead, NJ, USA. JAgalloco@aol.com
Akers
James
J
Madsen
Russell
R
D004340:Drug Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004345:Drug Industry; D006358:Hot Temperature; D013171:Spores, Bacterial; D013227:Steam; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors
D013227:Steam