DocumentCode
3545199
Title
Decontamination of metallic surfaces inocculated with bacillus atrophaeus spores using an UV-C neon-xenon dielectric barrier discharge lamp
Author
Caillier, Bruno ; Muja, Cristina ; Colin, Benoit ; Guillot, Phillipe ; Dexpert-Ghys, Jeanette ; Caiut, J.M.A.
Author_Institution
DPHE, Centre Univ., Albi, France
fYear
2013
fDate
16-21 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
The endospores produced by Bacillus spp. are known to be highly resistant to most disinfection methods. Due to their extreme resilience, spores of several Bacillus strains are widely used as biological indicators for sterility testing. In this work, the sporicidal efficacy of a lamp prototype on B. atrophaeus spores is investigated.
Keywords
antibacterial activity; biological techniques; dielectric devices; discharge lamps; microorganisms; neon; prototypes; surface treatment; ultraviolet sources; xenon; B. atrophaeus spore; Bacillus spp. endospore production; Bacillus strains spore resilience; Ne-Xe; UV-C neon-xenon dielectric barrier discharge lamp; bacillus atrophaeus spore; biological indicator; disinfection method; disinfection resistance; lamp prototype sporicidal efficacy; metallic surface decontamination; metallic surface inocculation; sterility testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2013 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
ISSN
0730-9244
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PLASMA.2013.6633302
Filename
6633302
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