Sterilization of paper during crisis

AMB Express

Table 1 The efficiency of gamma radiation in the sterilization of pathogenic contaminated paper

Treatments		Average no. of organisms				Inactivation of test organism %
Tested organism	γ-radiation	Control	6 kGy	12 kGy	24 kGy	Inactivation of test organism %
Gram-positive bacteria	Bacillus cereus	10 × 10⁶	0.0	0.0	0.0	100
Gram-positive bacteria	Staphylococcus aureus	8 × 10⁷	0.0	0.0	0.0	100
Gram-negative bacteria	Escherichia coli	9 × 10⁶	0.0	0.0	0.0	100
Gram-negative bacteria	Salmonella typhi	12 × 10⁶	0.0	0.0	0.0	100
Fungi	Candida albicans	8 × 10⁶	0.0	0.0	0.0	100