Sterility test
Incubation of the article or its filtrate in growth media for at least 14 days. Destructive, low-powered, and not a statement about the lot.
Related terms
- Membrane filtration
- The preferred sterility technique: filter the article through 0.45 µm, then incubate the membrane in media.
see also Sterility test
Where this term appears
The glossary exists to make record pages readable without a chemistry degree. Every technical term on a report resolves here.
- Assay report records — the term appears in result tables, peak tables and provenance blocks
- Method references — where the measurement behind the term is defined
- All 21 glossary terms beginning with S