Problem
Article: "To Kill or Not to Kill- A biological indicator story" by Sailaja Chandrapati and Martha Young,
A. Correctly write the scientific name (genus and species) of the sporulant used as a biological indicator in the monitoring and validation of moist heat sterilization.
B. List two disadvantages of the use of spore strips with known spore populations, used at the beginning of the use of biological indicator technology and mention the main advantage in the modern use of Rapid Readout self-Contained Biological Indicators (BIs).
C. List the possible causes of false positive readings/results (sterilization failure), with the use of biological indicators in moist heat sterilization.