New device could transform medical tool sterilisation

Innovative device developed at Purdue University uses DC voltage cold plasma technology for a safer, more cost-effective approach to sterilise medical tools

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Editor’s pick: Must-see technology at ACHEMA 2018

Products and technology for aseptic processing and contamination control on display at the event in Frankfurt

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Lifecycle approach to cleaning and disinfection rotation

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Contract win for Bioquell in Qatar

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In Brief

Suppliers in Cleaning

Reports

A modern take on sterility assurance

Cleaning cleanrooms

Autoclave costs running away

Microbial life into space

A dose of radiation

A balancing act between outsourced and in-house culture media manufacture

Packed seminar programme taking place at Lounges 2018