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type='html'>&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/accreditation_standards.htm"&gt;Accreditation Standards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/antibody.htm"&gt;Antibody&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/autoclave.htm"&gt;Autoclave&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/autoclave_log_record_keeping_glossary.htm"&gt;Autoclave Log Record Keeping - R1.22.08&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/autoclave_testing.htm"&gt;Autoclave Testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Bacillus_Atrophaeus_Spores.htm"&gt;Bacillus Atrophaeus Spores&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/bioburden.htm"&gt;Bioburden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Biofilms.htm"&gt;Biofilms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/biological_indicators.htm"&gt;Biological indicator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Bloodborne_Pathogens.htm"&gt;Bloodborne Pathogens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/bowie_dick_test.htm"&gt;Bowie-Dick Type Test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/CDC_glossary.htm"&gt;CDC (The Center For Disease Control)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Central_Instrument_%20Processing_Area.htm"&gt;Central Instrument Processing Area&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/chemical_indicators.htm"&gt;Chemical Indicator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/chemical_vapor_sterilization.htm"&gt;Chemical Vapor Sterilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/CLEANING_MANUALLY.htm"&gt;Cleaning - Manually&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/CLEANING_MECHANICALLY.htm"&gt;Cleaning - Mechanically&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Cleaning_Instruments_Manual_or_Automated.htm"&gt;Cleaning Instruments - Manual or Automated&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/CONTAMINATED.htm"&gt;Contaminated&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Control_biological_indicator.htm"&gt;Control biological indicator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/decontamination_process.htm"&gt;Decontamination&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Disassembly.htm"&gt;Disassembly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Disinfectant.htm"&gt;Disinfectant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/distilled_water.htm"&gt;Distilled Water&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/dry_heat_sterilization.htm"&gt;Dry Heat Sterilizers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/ethylene_oxide_EO_sterilization.htm"&gt;Ethylene Oxide Sterilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Event_related_packaging.htm"&gt;Event-Related Packaging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/flash_sterilization.htm"&gt;Flash Sterilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Geobacillus_stearothermophilus_Spores.htm"&gt;Geobacillus stearothermophilus Spores&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Germicide.htm"&gt;Germicide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Huck_towel.htm"&gt;Huck towel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Implantable_device.htm"&gt;Implantable device&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Lab_Medical_Waste_Sterilization_Monitoring.htm"&gt;Lab &amp;amp; Medical Waste Sterilization Monitoring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Mechanical_indicator.htm"&gt;Mechanical indicator&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Microbicidal.htm"&gt;Microbicidal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/MICROORGANISM_DISINFECTION_AND_STERILIZATION.htm"&gt;Microorganism Disinfection and Sterilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/packaging.htm"&gt;Packaging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/PASTEURIZATION.htm"&gt;Pasteurization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Peracetic_Acid_Sterilization.htm"&gt;Peracetic Acid Sterilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Presoaking.htm"&gt;Presoaking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Process_Challenge_Device.htm"&gt;Process Challenge Device&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Protective_Equipment_Required_When_Cleaning_Instruments_And_Surfaces.htm"&gt;Protective Equipment Required When Cleaning&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Instruments_And_Surfaces.htm"&gt;Instruments And Surfaces&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/RAPID_BI_TEST_RESULTS.htm"&gt;Rapid BI Test Results&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Regulated_waste.htm"&gt;Regulated waste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Rinsing.htm"&gt;Rinsing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/SANITIZER.htm"&gt;Sanitizer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Shelf_life.htm"&gt;Shelf life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Steam_Sterilization.htm"&gt;Steam Sterilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Sterilant.htm"&gt;Sterilant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/sterilization.htm"&gt;Sterilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Sterilization_area.htm"&gt;Sterilization area&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Sterilizer_Gravity_Displacement_Type.htm"&gt;Sterilizer - Gravity-Displacement Type&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Sterilizer_Infrared_Radiation.htm"&gt;Sterilizer - Infrared Radiation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Sterilizer_Prevacuum_Type.htm"&gt;Sterilizer - Prevacuum Type&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Sterilizer_Steam_Flush_Pressure_Pulse_Type.htm"&gt;Sterilizer - Steam-Flush Pressure-Pulse Type&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Sterilizer_Tabletop_Steam.htm"&gt;Sterilizer - Tabletop Steam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/STERILIZER_FAILURE.htm"&gt;Sterilizer Failure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/STERILIZING_LIQUID.htm"&gt;Sterilizing Liquid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Storage_of_sterile_instruments.htm"&gt;Storage of sterile instruments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Surface_Disinfection.htm"&gt;Surface Disinfection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Ultrasonic_cleaner.htm"&gt;Ultrasonic cleaner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/UNWRAPPED_INSTRUMENT_STERILIZATION.htm"&gt;Unwrapped Instrument Sterilization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Washer_Disinfector_Equipment.htm"&gt;Washer-Disinfector Equipment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://sterilecheck.com/Wicking.htm"&gt;Wicking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3880856957231599935-3160733894340881932?l=sporetest.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3880856957231599935/posts/default/3160733894340881932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3880856957231599935/posts/default/3160733894340881932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sporetest.blogspot.com/2009/01/glossary-of-terms-used.html' title='GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED:'/><author><name>Autoclave Testing Service, 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