%0 Journal Article
%T Ap¨®sito biol¨®gico esterilizado con gas ¨®xido de etileno
%A Jacas Torn¨¦
%A Manuel
%A S¨¢nchez Noda
%A Eddy
%A Garc¨ªa Mesa
%A Norberto
%A Pi£¿a Ares
%A Daisy
%J Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatolog£¿-a
%D 2011
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X objective: to present the result from a preclinical research aimed to verify the sterilizing power of ethylene oxide gas on the porcine skin used as a biological dressing. methods: two groups of 60 samples each of lyophilized porcine skin were contaminated with a strain of positive-coagulase staphylococcus and pseudomona aeruginosa, respectively. the 25 % of samples of each group was sent to microbiology laboratory to verify the effectiveness of contamination method. the remainder 75 % was treated in different periods in a chamber of ethylene oxide gas and later, was sent to the above laboratory to verify the sterility degree. results: it was demonstrated the effectiveness of the ethylene oxide gas to sterilize the porcine skin, which is used as a biological dressing. conclusions: this method is safe, therefore it is appropriate to use in the medical clinic.
%K ethylene oxide gas
%K biological tissue
%K sterilization.
%U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0864-215X2011000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en