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Low-temperature Sterilization

Low-Temperature Sterilization is a sterilization method that achieves microbial inactivation of medical equipment and surgical instruments using non-thermal modalities such as gas plasma, vaporized chemicals, or radiation, thereby preserving heat-sensitive materials.

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2017–2026

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Effective terminal sterilization using supercritical carbon dioxide

Angela White, David A. Burns, Tim Christensen · Journal of Biotechnology · 2006 · 196 citations

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Comparative evaluation of the sporicidal activity of new low-temperature sterilization technologies: Ethylene oxide, 2 plasma sterilization systems, and liquid peracetic acid

William A. Rutala, Maria F. Gergen, David J. Weber · American Journal of Infection Control · 1998 · 151 citations

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Improved Sterilization of Sensitive Biomaterials with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide at Low Temperature

Anne Bernhardt, Wehrl Markus, Birgit Paul et al. · PLoS ONE · 2015 · 147 citations · Full text

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Recurrent Isolation of Hydrogen Peroxide-Resistant Spores of <i>Bacillus pumilus</i> from a Spacecraft Assembly Facility

Michael Kempf, Fei Chen, Roger Kern et al. · Astrobiology · 2005 · 132 citations

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Effects of Sterilization Treatments on Some Properties of Alginate Solutions and Gels

W. Leo, Aiden J. McLoughlin, Dermot M. Malone · Biotechnology Progress · 1990 · 119 citations

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Authors

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  1. MN
    Masaaki Nagatsu

    Shizuoka University, Japan

    5 publications · 238 citations

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  2. WA
    William A. Rutala

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    5 publications · 176 citations

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  3. AO
    Akihisa Ogino

    Shizuoka University, Japan

    4 publications · 184 citations

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  4. DJ
    David J. Weber

    University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States

    3 publications · 107 citations

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  5. MM
    Michel Moisan

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    3 publications · 95 citations

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Institutions

131

  1. Shizuoka University

    Shizuoka, Japan

    5 h-index

    19 publications

    857 citations

  2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    355 citations

  3. University of North Carolina Health Care

    Chapel Hill, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    268 citations

  4. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    343 citations

  5. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    12 publications

    522 citations

  6. Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

    Hamamatsu, Japan

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    80 citations

  7. Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology

    Greifswald, Germany

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    223 citations

  8. Saga University

    Saga, Japan

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    186 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 154 citations

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  2. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

    ICHE · 6 publications · 222 citations

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  3. Plasma Processes and Polymers

    6 publications · 206 citations

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  4. Journal of Hospital Infection

    4 publications · 220 citations

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  5. Journal of Clinical Pathology

    JCP · 4 publications · 134 citations

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