In-Office Biological Monitoring: How to use Crosstex ConFirm™ Incubators and Vials

In-Office Spore Testing (Biological Monitoring) Summary:
• Sterilizer monitoring requires the use of BOTH an unprocessed Control vial and a processed Test vial.
• Both the Control and Test vial culture medium start out purple in color.
• The Test vial is processed along with a load in a sterilization cycle, whereas, the Control vial is not processed.
• Before placing both vials into an appropriate pre-set temperature incubator, both vials must be activated by crushing the sides.
• Upon full incubation, the processed Test vial should remain purple (indicating no spore growth) and the unprocessed Control vial should turn yellow (showing spore growth).
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