Deffs
The probability of a viable microorganism being present on a device after sterilization?
SAL Sterility Assurance Level
When packages are subjected to moving air to facilitate toxic residual removal after exposure to a sterilizing agent?
Aeration
Who established permissible exposure limits?
OSHA
External CI's should be placed where?
Outside of the package
The maximum amount of concentration of a chemical that a worker may be exposed to under OSHA regulations?
PEL Permissible exposure limit
The amount of EO that remains inside materials?
Residual EO
Hydrogen peroxide destroys microbes through?
Oxidation
Internal CI's should be placed where?
Inside of the package
The amount of substance an employee can be exposed to over an 8 hour work day?
TWA Time weighted average
A written statement that provides detailed information about a chemical or toxic substance?
Saftey Data Sheets SDS
EO is a__________gas classifies as a carcinogen?
Toxic
Concentrated H2O2 is corrosive to?
Skin, Eyes, Nose, Throat, Lungs and the Gastrointestinal Tract
A chemical reaction that replaces hydrogen with an alkyl group that renders the cell unable to metabolize?
Alkylation
What percentage of hydrogen peroxide in H2O2 is used in a sterilization cycle?
59-95 %
The act or process of oxidizing which is the addition of oxygen to a compound with the loss of an electron?
Oxidation
The microorganism of choice for Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide is_________________________?
Geo-Bacillus-Stearo-Thermo-Philus