The efficiency of your sterilizer is assessed by the most accurate methods currently available. The efficiency of your sterilizer is assessed by the most accurate methods currently available. Records are kept for you and a summary annual report is available. Tests of your sterilization equipment are performed by an unbiased, third party. Positive readings are once repeated at no charge to you.
Advice concerning sterilization problems is available.
A certificate of participation in the program is available for your office. Competitive price for the service. Biologic monitoring of sterilization equipment by culture of non-pathogenic bacterial endospores is currently the only acceptable and reliable method of testing effectiveness. Endospores are considered the most difficult organisms to kill. Autoclave tape and other indicator systems dependent on evaluation of a color change are considered inadequate, as they only indicate that an item has been exposed to a sterilizing cycle, not that an item is sterile.