Product Specifications
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Product Overview
The 3M Attest Rapid Readout Biological Indicator (1491) is designed for monitoring steam sterilization processes. It provides a rapid and reliable method to verify sterilization efficacy, ensuring patient safety and compliance with healthcare standards.
Features:
- Rapid Results: Delivers a clear readout in as little as 24 minutes (at 131 C) or 1 hour (at 121 C).
- High Sensitivity: Detects viable spores of Geobacillus stearothermophilus, ensuring accurate sterilization validation.
- Easy-to-Read Color Change: A distinct yellow-to-red visual indicator confirms sterilization failure.
- Gravity Displacement Compatibility: Specifically designed for gravity displacement steam sterilizers.
- Self-Contained Vial: Eliminates the need for additional equipment, simplifying the testing process.
Specifications:
- Model: 1491
- Sterilization Type: Steam (Gravity Displacement)
- Organism: Geobacillus stearothermophilus
- Length: 2-1/2 inches
- Result Time: 24 minutes (131 C) or 1 hour (121 C)
- Packaging: Single-use, self-contained vial
Use Suggestion:
Insert the biological indicator into a standard test pack or challenge device and process it through a steam sterilization cycle. After completion, incubate the vial in an Attest Auto-reader or compatible incubator for rapid results. A color change from yellow to red indicates sterilization failure, while no change confirms successful sterilization. Always follow facility protocols for biological monitoring.
