{"product_id":"9781847354525","title":"Healthcare Sterilisation: Back to the Future and Scientific Wizardry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ways of sterilisation begin as far back as biblical and roman times, from early beginnings to standardisation. Sterilisation evolution has gone through a series of trials and wizardry before it achieved the status of science. And even with a scientific approach, some of its modalities frequently has been referred to as an art (an imaginary focus), while most have achieved a certain scientific standardisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a drawbridge between history, terminology, environmental and fundamentals of sterilisation that beginners to sterilisation should recognise, but continues with advancements, which supervisors and managers should know and apply. So while providing historical and current sterilisation information, the book also provides interfacial areas with design practices, development, environmental control, material compatibility, microbiology, packaging, process selection, statistics, technical information and validation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book consists of two volumes (Healthcare Sterilisation, Introduction and Standard Practices: Volume 1, and Healthcare Sterilisation, Challenging Practices: Volume 2). Volume 1 provides an introduction, and an overview of sterilisation on early and classical sterilisation principles such as absolutism and overkill, and steadfast and standard methods. It will help answer some healthcare sterilisation queries such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat are the origins and evolution of sterilisation?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow does environmental control and microbiology affect sterilisation?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat are some of the classical as well as standard sterilisation methods?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat are the most consistent and reliable sterilisation methods?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs sterilisation in your future?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Without sterilisation, infectious disease and contamination would run rampant. Consequently, sterilisation has tremendous value in disease control, and this book provides a three dimensional view of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smithers Rapra Technology","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019027759344,"sku":"9781847354525","price":142.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781847354525_p0.jpg?v=1763749481","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781847354525","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}