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Subject: overcharge sterilization Overcharge sterilizationIt is important to differentiate industrial sterilization from resterilization of reusable devices as achieved in healthcare centers. In this latter case, the bioburden cannot be easily determined since it can be influenced by several factors (previous patient treated, efficiency of the decontamination and cleaning step, etc.) and a more drastic sterilization called ‘overcharge’ sterilization is generally achieved, considering an initial microbial charge of 106 per device.
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