
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gillespie, Elizabeth 
A1  - Blamey, Stephen 
T1  - Unexplained failure of biological indicators
JF  - Healthcare Infection
JO  - Healthcare Infection
Y1  - 2005
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
SP  - 131
EP  - 135
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/HI05131 
N2  - This report concerns a pattern of unexplained biological indicator system failure with low temperature hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilisation technology. This technology is a safe alternative to ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilisation and has its own specific biological indicator system. After establishing that our practices were in accordance with the manufacturers' recommendations, the manufacturer re-engineered both the manufacturing process and the quality controls used during biological indicator manufacture. As a result, the biological indicator failure rate returned to a level consistent with the rest of the world. The aim of the report is to identify the value of monitoring to ensure that the process outcomes predicted by a manufacturer are accurate. This in turn, assists in avoiding additional costs of a failed monitoring process. 
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