Disinfection, sterilization, and preservation /

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Edition:5th ed.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2001.
Description:xix, 1481 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4403715
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Other authors / contributors:Block, Seymour Stanton, 1918-
ISBN:0683307401
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Historical Review / Seymour S. Block
  • 2. Definition of Terms / Seymour S. Block
  • 3. Principles of Antimicrobial Activity and Resistance / Allan D. Russell
  • 4. Physical Factors Influencing the Activity of Antimicrobial Agents / Robert J. Thrash and Robert R. Reich
  • 5. Kinetics of the Inactivation of Microorganisms / Linda K. Weavers and G. B. Wickramanayake
  • 6. Principles of the Thermal Destruction of Microorganisms / Irving J. Pflug, Richard G. Holcomb and M. Margarita Gomez
  • 7. Chlorine and Chlorine Compounds / George R. Dychdala
  • 8. Iodine and Iodine Compounds / Waldemar Gottardi
  • 9. Peroxygen Compounds / Seymour S. Block
  • 10. Disinfection and Sterilization Using Ozone / Linda K. Weavers and G. B. Wickramanayake
  • 11. Chlorine Dioxide / Joseph E. Knapp and Diane L. Battisti
  • 12. Alcohols / Yosef Ali, Michael J. Dolan and Eleanor J. Fendler / [et al.]
  • 13. Phenolic Compounds / Paul A. Goddard and Karen A. McCue
  • 14. Surface-Active Agents / John J. Merianos
  • 15. Chlorhexidine / Graham W. Denton
  • 16. Gaseous Chemical Sterilization / Larry J. Joslyn
  • 17. Glutaraldehyde / Eileen M. Scott and Sean P. Gorman
  • 18. Nitrogen Compounds / Harold W. Rossmoore
  • 19. Use of Metals as Microbicides in Preventing Infections in Healthcare / David J. Weber and William A. Rutala
  • 20. New and Developing Chemical Antimicrobials / Gerald McDonnell and Denise Pretzer
  • 21. Antibiotics Used as Disinfectants and Antiseptics / Michael A. Gardam and John M. Conly
  • 22. Synergism in Disinfectant Formulation / Rudolf H. Lehmann
  • 23. Formulation of Sanitizers and Disinfectants / Francis L. Richter and Bruce R. Cords
  • 24. Control of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcal Infections / Graham A. J. Ayliffe
  • 25. Control of Legionella / Yu-Sen E. Lin, Janet E. Stout and Victor L. Yu
  • 26. Mycobacterial Disinfection / Michael Lauzardo and Jeffrey Rubin
  • 27. Chemical Sporicidal and Sporostatic Agents / Allan D. Russell
  • 28. Principles of Viral Control and Transmission / Herbert N. Prince and Daniel L. Prince
  • 29. Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Disinfection and Control / Julian D. Druce
  • 30. Measures for Disinfection and Control of Viral Hepatitis / Olaf Thraenhart and Christian Jursch
  • 31. Fungistatic and Fungicidal Compounds for Human Pathogens / Thomas F. Patterson and Jan Evans Patterson
  • 32. Antiprotozoan and Anthelmintic Agents / Mark D. Sobsey and Stanley E. Leland, Jr.
  • 33. Prions / Henry Baron, Jiri Safar and Darlene Groth / [et al.]
  • 34. Microbial Biofilms: Prevention, Control, and Removal / Douglas W. Morck, Merle E. Olson and Howard Ceri
  • 35. Emerging Infectious Disease / Mitchell L. Cohen
  • 36. Sterilization by Heat / Larry J. Joslyn
  • 37. Sterilization and Preservation by Radiation Sterilization / Joyce M. Hansen and Harry L. Shaffer
  • 38. Sterilization Processes Utilizing Low-Temperature Plasma / Paul T. Jacobs and Szu-Min Lin
  • 39. Pulsed-Light Disinfection of Water and Sterilization of Blow/Fill/Seal Manufactured Aseptic Pharmaceutical Products / Joseph Dunn
  • 40. Sterile Filtration of Liquids and Gases / Richard V. Levy
  • 41. Disinfection by Ultraviolet Irradiation / Ernest R. Blatchley III and Margaret M. Peel
  • 42. Development of Nonthermal Methods for Microbial Control / Dietrich Knorr and Volker Heinz
  • 43. Chemical Disinfection of Medical and Surgical Materials / Martin S. Favero and Walter W. Bond
  • 44. Surgical Antisepsis / Traves D. Crabtree, Shawn J. Pelletier and Timothy L. Pruett
  • 45. Practical Applications in Infection Control / Loretta Litz Fauerbach and Jennifer White Janelle
  • 46. Epidemiology and Prevention of Nosocomial Infections / Ronda L. Sinkowitz-Cochran and William R. Jarvis
  • 47. Medical Device Infections / Michael N. Helmus and Anne-Marie Verheyden
  • 48. Infection Control with Endoscopes / Marimargaret F. Reichert and Janet K. Schultz
  • 49. Medical Applications of Peracetic Acid / Paul S. Malchesky
  • 50. Infection Prevention for Skin and Burns / Manfred L. Rotter
  • 51. Aseptic and Antiseptic Treatment of Donated and Living Engineered Organs and Tissues / Kelvin G. M. Brockbank and Debra J. Battjes Siler
  • 52. Disinfection of Water: Drinking Water, Recreational Water, and Wastewater / Christon J. Hurst
  • 53. Sterilization, Disinfection, and Asepsis in Dentistry / Chris H. Miller and Charles John Palenik
  • 54. Disinfection and Disease Prevention in Veterinary Medicine / Patrick J. Quinn and Bryan K. Markey
  • 55. Disinfection of Contact Lenses / Donald G. Ahearn and Manal M. Gabriel
  • 56. Hazard of Infectious Agents in Microbiologic Laboratories / Robert W. McKinney, W. Emmett Barkley and Arnold G. Wedum
  • 57. An Overview of Facilities for the Control of Microbial Agents / James E. Akers, Jr.
  • 58. Infectious Wastes: Efficient and Effective Management / Judith G. Gordon and Gerald A. Denys
  • 59. Protection Against Biological Warfare Agents / Robert J. Hawley and Edward M. Eitzen, Jr.
  • 60. Food- and Water-Infective Microorganisms / John A. Lopes
  • 61. Prevention of Infection from Food and Water / Christon J. Hurst
  • 62. Chemical Disinfection of Microbial Contaminants on Surfaces / Elizabeth Scott, Donna J. Gaber and Timothy M. Cusack
  • 63. Survival of Microorganisms in the Environment / Samir K. Assar and Seymour S. Block
  • 64. Microorganisms and Building-Related Illnesses / Dick Menzies
  • 65. Preservation and Microbiological Attributes of Nonsterile Pharmaceutical Products / Reza A. Fassihi
  • 66. Regulation of Antimicrobial Pesticides in the United States / Frank T. Sanders
  • 67. Federal Regulation of Liquid Chemical Germicides by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration / Chiu S. Lin, Janie Fuller and Elaine Schalk Mayhall
  • 68. Methods of Testing Disinfectants / Andree Cremieux, Jean Freney and Anne Davin-Regli
  • 69. Methods of Testing Oral and Topical Antiseptics and Antimicrobials / David W. Hobson and Kathryn Bolsen
  • 70. Sterility Testing: Validation of Sterilization Processes and Sporicide Testing / Robert Berube, Gordon S. Oxborrow and John W. Gaustad
  • 71. Methods of Testing Sanitizers and Bacteriostatic Substances / Lawrence A. Grab and Mary K. Bennett
  • 72. Methods of Testing Fungicides / Sally K. Swart and John D. Hilgren
  • 73. Methods of Testing the Virucidal Activity of Chemicals / Syed A. Sattar and V. Susan Springthorpe
  • 74. Methods of Testing Protozoacides and Antihelmintics / Mark D. Sobsey and Stanley E. Leland, Jr.
  • 75. Biocide Susceptibility Testing of Biofilms / Howard Ceri, Douglas W. Morck and Merle E. Olson.