False positive results of Bowie and Dick type test used for hospital steam sterilizer with slower come-up ramps: A case study

• Paulo Roberto Laranjeira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Paulo Roberto Laranjeira, Viktoriya Lusignan

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: prlaranjeira@usp.br

  Affiliation Cardinal Health, Miami Lakes, FL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1252-6344

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• Jeane Aparecida Gonzalez Bronzatti ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Nursing School São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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• Camila Quartim de Moraes Bruna ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Nursing School São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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• Rafael Queiroz de Souza ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Nursing School São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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• Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano ,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Nursing School São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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• Viktoriya Lusignan

  Contributed equally to this work with: Paulo Roberto Laranjeira, Viktoriya Lusignan

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Research and Development Technician, Getinge, Englewood, CO, United States of America

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