| effectiveness of dental office instrument sterilization procedures. | to evaluate instrument sterilization procedures in minnesota, biological indicators were used to monitor 406 sterilizers in 381 dental offices. findings suggest a general improvement in instrument performance over that of a decade ago, but sterilization failure rates are still too high. sterilizer operator errors are a major cause of sterilization failures. bis are useful in monitoring sterilization performance only when sterilization procedures are performed consistently and competently by well ... | 1991 | 1660501 |