@inbook{afb14b0cf4be473e9191bd51dc7f5bdf,
title = "An overview of new technologies for the decontamination of surgical instruments and the quantification of protein residues: low-pressure radiofrequency (RF) gas-plasma decontamination and epifluorescence scanning (EFSCAN) detection",
abstract = "In this chapter we examine two quite different - but linked aspects of surgical instrument decontamination. The first of these focuses on high-level decontamination using low-pressure radiofrequency (RF) gas-plasmas. The second topic is a description of the principles and use of the EFSCAN (epifluorescence scanning) technology which has been developed to enable rapid automated quantification of low levels of residual protein residues on 'decontaminated' instruments.",
keywords = "surgical instrument decontamination, radiofrequency (RF) gas-plasma, prion infectivity, epifluorescence scanning (EFSCAN), quantification of protein residues, STEEL, STERILIZATION, CONTAMINATION, ELIMINATION, INFECTIVITY, NINHYDRIN, SURFACES",
author = "Baxter, {H. C.} and Jones, {A. C.} and Robert Baxter",
year = "2014",
month = feb,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1533/9780857096692.3.587",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-0-85709-657-9",
series = "Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials",
publisher = "WOODHEAD PUBL LTD",
pages = "587--597",
editor = "JT Walker",
booktitle = "Decontamination in Hospitals and Healthcare",
}