Towards microbiological quality assurance in radiation sterilization processing: simulation of the radiation inactivation process
- 11 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Bacteriology
- Vol. 58 (3) , 307-313
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1985.tb01465.x
Abstract
A method is developed for computer simulation of the inactivation of microorganisms on items by irradiation. It is shown that in a population of items subjected to increasing doses of radiation the proportion contaminated approaches the appropriate Limiting Case, outlined in a previous paper, as numbers of organisms are decreased by inactivation. The behaviour of populations of items having different proportions of ‘spikes’ (high bioburden levels) is considered.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Towards microbiological quality assurance in radiation sterilization processing: a limiting case modelJournal of Applied Bacteriology, 1985