Microbial contamination of radionuclide generators
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1619-7089
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Medicine
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Abstract Technetium-99m generators were grossly contaminated using 5 different strains of microorganisms. Elution of the generators showed that the number of microorganisms was reduced by a factor of 104–106. There were no indications that the generators would support bacterial growth. It is concluded that it would be acceptable from a microbiologic point of view to omit autoclaving and membrane filtration of the final product provided that proper aseptic techniques are applied.
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Electronic Resource
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