TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of different methods of disinfection on the function of electrochemical sensors
AU - Herrmann, S.
AU - Oelßner, W.
AU - Kaden, H.
AU - Brischwein, M.
AU - Wolf, B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Some results presented in this paper are part of a research project, which was supported by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung under the grant number 0310858. The authors wish to express their thanks for this financial support.
PY - 2000/9/10
Y1 - 2000/9/10
N2 - The sterility of sensors, which are used in medical applications in vivo or for biochemical investigations in living cells, is a necessary but difficult-to-achieve prerequisite for the use of sensors. The influence of various disinfection and sterilisation methods on the function of sensors was explored through sample investigations of pH-ISFET sensors for a gynecological probe and of miniaturized oxygen sensors. Different commercially available disinfectants were utilized in this investigation as well as gas sterilisation, radiation sterilisation and plasma sterilisation. For characterization of the sensor function before and after the sterilisation or disinfection, response behaviour as well as the calibration results were examined. Additionally, results of voltammetric measurements and other electrochemical investigations were compared.
AB - The sterility of sensors, which are used in medical applications in vivo or for biochemical investigations in living cells, is a necessary but difficult-to-achieve prerequisite for the use of sensors. The influence of various disinfection and sterilisation methods on the function of sensors was explored through sample investigations of pH-ISFET sensors for a gynecological probe and of miniaturized oxygen sensors. Different commercially available disinfectants were utilized in this investigation as well as gas sterilisation, radiation sterilisation and plasma sterilisation. For characterization of the sensor function before and after the sterilisation or disinfection, response behaviour as well as the calibration results were examined. Additionally, results of voltammetric measurements and other electrochemical investigations were compared.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0925-4005(00)00537-2
DO - 10.1016/S0925-4005(00)00537-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0343442378
SN - 0925-4005
VL - 69
SP - 164
EP - 170
JO - Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
JF - Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
IS - 1
ER -