3M Medical Sterilization Specialties is a global leader in the manufacturer and distribution of biological and chemical indicators used for validation and routine sterilization monitoring. 3M has led the way in developing innovative technologies and products including the very first self-contained biological indicator and the unique 3M™ Attest™ Rapid Readout biological indictors providing a final biological indicator result in as little as 3 or 4 hours.
3M is also the leading manufacturer of small chamber 100% ethylene oxide sterilizers and the first company to design unit dose cartridges to enhance safety.
3M™ Attest™ Biological Indicators for ethylene oxide, moist heat or dry heat processes.
3M Attest biological indicators are reliable, convenient and efficient sterilization and are available in Rapid Readout, standard self-contained and spore strip designs."
- Highly resistance, standardized population of Bacillus atrophaeus for EO and dry heat or Bacillus stearthermophilus for moist heat
- Complies with ISO and ANSI/AAMI/ISO 11138:2006 - applicable sections
- Reduced incubation time requirements with Attest Rapid Readout products can improve inventory levels and increase turns
- Available direct from 3M throughout the world for qualified customers
3M™ Comply™ Chemical Indicators
3M offers a wide range of Class 1, Class 2, Class 4 and Class 5 chemical indicators that immediately identify if conditions for sterilization have been met. In industrial sterilization processes, chemical indicators are often used in conjuction with parametric release processes to provide objective monitoring of conditions independent of the sterilizer controls.
- Complies with ISO and ANSI/AAMI/ISO 11140:2005 - applicable sections
- Class 5 chemical integrating indicator moving front designs provides easy-to-read
- Class 1 Process indicators distinguish processed from unprocessed goods.
- Class 2 Chemical Indicators are for Special Tests.
3M offers Bowie-Dick Type test products for use in vacuum assisted steam sterilizers as described in ISO and ANSI/AAMI/ISO 17665-1: 2006.
3M Steri-Vac™ EO Sterilization Systems
Our US manufactured sterilizers are recognized as the gold standard in prefabricated, small chamber ethylene oxide sterilization and are used by leading device manufacturers of high value, complex medical devices.
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- Available with adjustable process parameters
- Single dose 100% EO cartridge and does not contain CFCs or HCFCs
- Easy, cost-effective alternative for in-house sterilization