John B. Kowalski, PhD, is principal consultant of SteriPro Consulting at Sterigenics International, Inc., in Oak Brook, IL.
Establishing a Minimum Incubation Time for Biological Indicators
The industry lacks an accepted method for establishing a minimum incubation time (MIT) of less than seven days for biological indicators (BIs). The authors propose an MIT method that provides a means for reproducible determination of BI grow-out time.