A simple, inexpensive implementation of the F0 concept of autoclave cycle validation using a portable data logger with a remote microcomputer.

Abstract

This paper describes the conversion of an autoclave, previously controlled by a bottle simulator and monitored using MTRs, to one controlled by a bottle probe and monitored using F0 values. Temperatures were recorded with a portable data logger and a micro-computer was used to calculate F0 values and produce batch reports.