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Book/Book Chapter 
Other methods of sterilisation 
Sandle, Tim; Sandle, T 
2012 
Woodhead Publishing 
Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomedicine 
32 
157-170 
WOS:000340102200013 
Abstract: This chapter examines emerging methods of sterilisation which may, in the future, become established methods for the sterilisation of pharmaceutical products, medical devices or healthcare materials. The technologies described are X-rays, ultrasonification, supercritical gases, ultraviolet light, pulsed light, microwaves, infrared radiation, plasma and formaldehyde steam. This chapter has attempted to select methods which have a reasonable chance of becoming more widely used. Due to the confusion between sterilisation and disinfection, reference is also made to microbial reduction processes which cannot be classified as sterilisation processes. This distinction is made so that the reader can appreciate the differences between the two processes. 
sterilisation; X-rays; ultrasonification; supercritical gases; ultraviolet light; pulsed light; microwaves; infrared radiation; plasma and formaldehyde steam 
Sandle, Tim