What is the D-ifference in D-value?

Occasionally our Customer Service Department receives a request for biological indicators (BIs) with either a very specific and/or narrow range of acceptable D-values. As an example, a recent order was received in which the customers’ specification for EZTest Gas BIs was a D-value not to exceed 3.5 minutes. Scanning the available inventory, it was determined that a lot with DEO-value of 3.6 minutes was available for immediate shipment. (In fact, the non-rounded D-value for this lot was 3.5556 minutes.) The client declined to receive that lot and requested that a new lot be manufactured to meet the 3.5 minute criteria… 

Don’t paint yourself in a corner with unnecessary specifications for biological indicators. Read the rest of the D-ifference in D-value report by filling out the form.