Evaluation of the sterilization efficacy of domestic electric drills used in orthopaedic surgeries Avaliação da eficácia da esterilização de furadeiras elétricas domésticas utilizadas em cirurgias ortopédicas

It is estimated that electric drills (ED) have been used in orthopaedic surgeries for bone drilling for more than 50 years in Brazilian hospitals. It is an electric, thermosensitive equipment, not indicated for surgical use, which has not been previously evaluated regarding the sterilization efficac...

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Main Authors: Vania Regina Goveia, Flavia Morais Gomes Pinto, Irene Alexeevna Machoshvili, Thereza Christina Vessoni Penna, Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2009-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822009000300016