Microbial Inactivation Kinetics and Heat Disinfection Patrick J. McCormick James J. Kaiser Michael J. Schoene Any discussion of the kinetics of the thermal destruction of microorganisms must acknowledge the defining…
Sterile Filtration of Liquids and Gases Kerry Roche Lentine Richard V. Levy Sterile filtration is used successfully in a variety of applications at a variety of scales. Medical practitioners employ…
Disinfection and Sterilization With Hydrogen Peroxide Randal W. Eveland Hydrogen peroxide was first isolated by Louis Jacques Thénard in 1818 from the reaction of barium peroxide with nitric acid. The…
Disinfection and Sterilization Using Ozone Linda K. Weavers G. B. Wickramanayake Mikhail Shifrin Gerald McDonnell Ozone (O3), an unstable three-atom allotrope of oxygen, is formed by the excitation of molecular…
Formaldehyde Allan Bennett Thomas Pottage Formaldehyde is a monoaldehyde that exists as a gas freely soluble in water. It can be used both as an aqueous solution (formalin) for disinfection…
Prevention of Infection From Food and Water Christon J. Hurst Gerald McDonnell The subject of this chapter is microbial contaminants found either in food or in water, and the chapter…
Ethylene Oxide Sterilization Craig A. Wallace Ethylene oxide (EO), also known as epoxyethane or EO, is a colorless gas that is used as a fumigant to treat food products such…
Copper Alloy Surfaces Kill Bacteria and Reduce Infections James H. Michel Harold T. Michels Corinne A. Michels Disinfection and sterilization, as well as ordinary cleaning, are necessary for infection control….
Sterilization and Depyrogenation by Heat Daniel L. Prince Derek J. Prince In the strictest sense of the word, “sterilization” implies the complete destruction of all viable microorganisms in order to…
Surface-Active Agents John J. Merianos Gerald McDonnell Surface-active agents (surfactants) are amphiphilic compounds, which means one portion of the molecule is hydrophilic, or “water-loving,” and the other portion of the…
