These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Ultrasonic potentiation of the sporicidal activity of glutaraldehyde.
    Author: Warfield DK, Bryington SQ.
    Journal: Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol; 1982 Apr; 53(4):342-6. PubMed ID: 6804906.
    Abstract:
    Laboratory test data showed a 4.8-fold increase in the sporicidal activity of glutaraldehyde with the incorporation of ultrasound. Projected times required for 100 percent killed of a 20,000 hydrated spore inoculant were reduced from 211 minutes to 44 minutes. Clinical exposure time intervals necessitated a 31/2-hour glutaraldehyde immersion versus a 30-minute cavitated glutaraldehyde chemosterilization to ensure a 100 percent kill. The feasibility of reducing the ADA-required 10-hour soak in glutaraldehyde to ensure sterility with the incorporation of ultrasonic baths is supported by these data. Tests performed also showed that the airborne contamination from an open tank method is minimal. No spores were retrieved from vapor collected by passive vacuum during cavitation of inoculated glutaraldehyde.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]