Innovative non-thermal plasma disinfection process inside sealed bags: Assessment of bactericidal and sporicidal effectiveness in regard to current sterilization norms.

In this work, we developed a device capable to generate a non-thermal plasma discharge inside a sealed bag. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the oxygen, nitrogen and argon plasma sterilization on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis spores accor...

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Main Authors: Zouhaier Ben Belgacem, Gaëlle Carré, Emilie Charpentier, Florian Le-Bras, Thomas Maho, Eric Robert, Jean-Michel Pouvesle, Franck Polidor, Sophie C Gangloff, Mohamed Boudifa, Marie-Paule Gelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5491144?pdf=render