E. Pretorius, PhD

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E. Pretorius, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pretoria 0002, Pretoria, South Africa, tel. +27 12 319 2533, fax +27 12 319 2240.

Articles

An Overview of the Validation Approach for Moist Heat Sterilization, Part II

E. Pretorius, PhD

October 2nd 2002

Part II of this article describes the installation, operational, and performance qualification of an autoclave and discusses a system for change control.

An Overview of the Validation Approach for Moist Heat Sterilization, Part I

E. Pretorius, PhD

September 2nd 2002

Part I of this article discusses examples for cycle types used in moist heat sterilization, parameter requirements for a standard cycle as defined by pharmacopeias, methods used to design sterilization cycles, and various approaches used to measure the efficiency of the sterilization process.