PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Autoclaving practice in microbiology laboratories: report of a survey. The Public Health Laboratory Service Subcommittee on laboratory autoclaves.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.31.5.418
DP  - 1978 May 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 418--422
VI  - 31
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/31/5/418.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/31/5/418.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1978 May 01; 31
AB  - The performance of autoclaves in 27 laboratories, operated in accordance with the normal routine of local practice, has been monitored using thermometric equipment. Sterilising performance was unsatisfactory on 10 of 62 occasions, and cooling was inadequate on 52 of 60 occasions.