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    <title>Sterilisation of polymer healthcare products</title>
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    <namePart>Rogers, W. J. (Wayne J.)</namePart>
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    <publisher>Rapra Technology</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2005</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>viii, 326 p. : ill.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>1. Sterilisation qualities and science -- 2. General overview of sterilisation and related methods for healthcare products and polymers -- 3. Steam sterilisation of healthcare products and polymers -- 4. Statistics in sterility assurance and sterilisation validation of healthcare products -- 5. Radiation sterilisation -- 6. Ethylene oxide sterilisation : ubiquitous for most non liquid heat sensitive materials -- 7. Dry heat sterilisation/depyrogenation for extremely heat tolerant and non liquid materials -- 8. Alternative methods of sterilisation of healthcare products, polymers and materials -- 9. More recent alternative methods of sterilisation of polymer products -- 10. Potential applications and developments of sterilisation techniques -- 11. Summary of sterilisation for hospital products, polymers and materials -- 12. Definitions.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Wayne Rogers.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <note>Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.</note>
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    <topic>Medical instruments and apparatus</topic>
    <topic>Sterilization</topic>
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    <topic>Surgical instruments and apparatus</topic>
    <topic>Sterilization</topic>
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    <topic>Polymers in medicine</topic>
    <topic>Sterilization</topic>
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