Molinari J A, Gleason M J, Merchant V A
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Detroit Mercy, School of Dentistry, Michigan, USA.
Compendium. 1994 Dec;15(12):1422-4, 1426-8 passim; quiz 1432.
Sterilization in the dental office should be monitored to ascertain proper sterilizer function. Biologic monitoring with calibrated preparations of bacterial spores is the preferred, as well as the only method that actually measures sterilization. A dental school-based sterilization monitoring service for dental practices was established in 1978 at the University of Detroit. This service has grown from 20 participating dental offices to more than 1,500. In 1993, 18,137 biologic monitoring tests were performed. The participants in the service primarily use autoclaves (70%) for heat sterilization, while unsaturated chemical-vapor sterilizers (20%) and dry-heat units (10%) are less common. This article describes the history of sterilization monitoring in dental practices from 1978 to the present through a dental school-based service.
牙科诊所的消毒应进行监测，以确定消毒器功能是否正常。使用经过校准的细菌芽孢制剂进行生物监测是首选方法，也是唯一能实际测量消毒效果的方法。1978年，底特律大学为牙科诊所设立了一项基于牙科学院的消毒监测服务。这项服务从20家参与的牙科诊所发展到了1500多家。1993年，进行了18137次生物监测测试。该服务的参与者主要使用高压灭菌器（70%）进行热力消毒，而不饱和化学蒸汽消毒器（20%）和干热设备（10%）则不太常见。本文通过一项基于牙科学院的服务，描述了1978年至今牙科诊所消毒监测的历史。
