title: The use of a process challenge device in dental office gravity displacement tabletop sterilizers.
abstract: There is evidence that dental office sterilizers often fail to pass the challenge of a biological indicator test. The use of a class 5 integrating indicator in each load could reduce the risk of instruments being released when all parameters for sterilization have not been met.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health and Safety, and Dental Practice, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA. Electronic address: ecuny@pacific.edu.
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cuny
mesh_terms: D003770:Dental Offices; D006801:Humans; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Biological indicator; Chemical indicators; Dental instrument sterilization; Process challenge device; Sterility assurance