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Antisepsis, disinfection, and sterilization : types, action, and resistance /
Antisepsis, Disinfection, and Sterilization: Types, Action, and Resistance by Gerald E. McDonnell is a detailed and accessible presentation of microbial control methods. Each major category, such as physical disinfection methods, is given a chapter, in which theory, spectrum of activity, advantages,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
ASM Press,
[2017]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Monograph, ASM Press.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter I: Introduction
- General introduction
- Definitions
- General microbiology
- General considerations
- Disinfection versus sterilization
- Choosing a process or product
- Guidelines and standards
- Formulation effects
- Process effects
- The importance of surface cleaning
- Water quality
- Chapter 2: Physical disinfection
- Introduction
- Heat
- Cold temperatures
- Radiation
- Filtration
- Chapter 3: Chemical disinfection
- Introduction
- Acids and acid derivatives
- Alkalis or bases
- Aldehydes
- Alcohols
- Anilides
- Antimicrobial dyes
- Biguanides
- Diamidines
- Essential oils and plant extracts
- Halogens and halogen-releasing agents
- Metals
- Peroxygens and other forms of oxygen
- Phenolics
- Antiseptic phenolics
- Quaternary ammonium compounds and surfactants
- Other miscellaneous biocides or applications
- Chapter 4: Antiseptics and antisepsis
- Introduction
- Some definitions specific to antisepsis
- Structure of skin
- Skin microbiology
- Antiseptic applications
- Biocides used as antiseptics
- Chapter 5: Physical sterilization
- Introduction
- Moist heat sterilization
- Dry heat sterilization
- Radiation sterilization
- Filtration
- Other physical sterilization methods
- Chapter 6: Chemical sterilization
- Introduction
- Epoxides
- Low temperature steam-formaldehyde
- High temperature formaldehyde-alcohol
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Other oxidizing agent-based processes
- Chapter 7: Mechanisms of action
- Introduction
- Anti-infectives
- Macromolecular structure
- General mechanisms of action
- Chapter 8: Mechanisms of microbial resistance
- Introduction
- Biocide/microorganism interaction
- Intrinsic bacterial resistance mechanisms
- Intrinsic resistance of mycobacteria
- Intrinsic resistance of other Gram-positive bacteria
- Acquired bacterial resistance mechanisms
- Mechanisms of viral resistance
- Mechanisms of prion resistance
- Mechanisms of fungal resistance
- Mechanisms of resistance in other eukaryotic microorganisms.