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Pre-sterilization Cleaning

Pre-Sterilization Cleaning is a preparatory decontamination procedure that constitutes the systematic removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from medical instruments prior to sterilization, distinguished from subsequent sterilization processes by its focus on physical and chemical cleaning rather than microbial inactivation.

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2017–2026

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Rapid sterilization of gutta-percha cones with 5.25% sodium hypochlorite

E. Steve Senia, Robert V. Marraro, James Mitchell et al. · Journal of Endodontics · 1975 · 108 citations

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Bacteriology of the Healthy Conjunctiva

C. H. Smith · British Journal of Ophthalmology · 1954 · 62 citations · Full text

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Ethanol-based cleanser versus isopropyl alcohol to decontaminate stethoscopes

Paul Lecat, Elliott Cropp, Gary McCord et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 2009 · 56 citations

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Alcohol fixation of bacteria to surgical instruments increases cleaning difficulty and may contribute to sterilization inefficacy

Dayane de Melo Costa, Lillian Kelly de Oliveira Lopes, Honghua Hu et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 2017 · 54 citations

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Pre-sterilisation cleaning of re-usable instruments in general dental practice

Andrew Smith, D. Hurrell, Siobhan McHugh et al. · BDJ · 2007 · 51 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. ES
    E.T.M. Smyth

    University of Ulster, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 21 citations

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  2. IT
    I.M. Thompson

    University of Ulster, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 21 citations

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  3. DM
    Domhnall MacAuley

    University of Ulster, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 21 citations

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  4. EC
    Elliott Cropp

    Northeast Ohio Medical University, United States

    1 publications · 56 citations

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  5. BP
    Björn Pasternak

    Statens Serum Institut, Denmark

    1 publications · 21 citations

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Institutions

27

  1. Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    50 citations

  2. University of Ulster

    Coleraine, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    65 citations

  3. Royal Victoria Hospital

    Belfast, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    43 citations

  4. Korea Basic Science Institute

    Daejeon, South Korea

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. Charles Clifford Dental Hospital

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  6. Ohio University

    Athens, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    224 citations

  7. Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology

    Kharkiv, Ukraine

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    90 citations

  8. University of Twente

    Enschede, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Hospital Infection

    2 publications · 21 citations

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  2. American Journal of Infection Control

    AJIC · 2 publications · 110 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 43 citations

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  4. Biofouling

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. British Journal of Ophthalmology

    BJO · 1 publications · 62 citations

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