Infection Control Research and Services at the Indiana University School of Dentistry offers a paid sterilizer spore testing service for your office or clinic. Our Sterilization Monitoring Service SMS can detect and help correct sterilizer malfunction or human error that can prevent sterilization and increase the chances for disease transmission. The main guarantee that a sterilizer is working and being used properly is to routinely show that it kills highly resistant bacterial spores.
The SMS provides a spore-testing service through the mail. Note: The SMS web portal is temporarily down for upgrades. To access reports or if you have questions, please call us at or email us at iusms iu.
If sterilization did not occur, we will call you immediately and offer information on how to correct the problem. If you have any questions or comments, contact us and we will get back to you in no more than two business days. The SMS keeps a running list of available account numbers that we assign to sterilizers as clients join our service.
Your account number is tied to an individual sterilizer and is stamped on each double-pocket envelope. Refer to it in all correspondence. If your office is testing more than one sterilizer, each sterilizer must be assigned a different account number to ensure proper record keeping.
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If your office buys a new sterilizer, you must call us before using any spore tests so that we can assign your new sterilizer a different account number. Mechanical techniques for monitoring sterilization include assessing the cycle time, temperature, and pressure of sterilization equipment by observing the gauges or displays on the sterilizer. Some tabletop sterilizers have recording devices that print out these parameters. Correct readings do not ensure sterilization, but incorrect readings could be the first indication that a problem has occurred with the sterilization cycle.
