DocumentCode
833292
Title
Sterilization of Medical Equipment Using Oxygen Radicals Produced by Water Vapor RF Plasma
Author
Hayashi, Nobuya ; Tsutsui, Shinsuke ; Tomari, Tetsushi ; Guan, Weimin
Author_Institution
Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Saga Univ., Saga
Volume
36
Issue
4
fYear
2008
Firstpage
1302
Lastpage
1303
Abstract
A safe and clean method of sterilizing medical equipment is proposed, which uses radicals produced by RF plasma. The plasma source gas for the sterilization is water vapor, which produces hydroxyl radicals upon the RF discharge. The inactivation of bacillus on medical equipment by water vapor plasma at a temperature below 55degC gives a decimal reduction value of 26 min.
Keywords
biological techniques; biomedical equipment; discharges (electric); oxygen; plasma applications; plasma interactions; plasma sources; O; RF discharge; bacillus; hydroxyl radicals; medical equipment; oxygen radicals; plasma source gas; water vapor RF plasma; Atomic measurements; Biomedical equipment; Fault location; Oxygen; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Plasma sources; Plasma temperature; Proteins; Radio frequency; Oxygen radicals; plasma sterilization; protein removal; water vapor discharge;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPS.2008.924453
Filename
4599004
Link To Document