TY - BOOK AU - Rogers,W.J. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Sterilisation of polymer healthcare products AV - RA762 .R64 2005eb U1 - 614.48 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK PB - Rapra Technology KW - Medical instruments and apparatus KW - Sterilization KW - Surgical instruments and apparatus KW - Polymers in medicine KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10236785 ER -