Handbook of Biocide and Preservative Use - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0751402125 ISBN 13: 9780751402124

Publisher: Springer, 1994

Synopsis

My professional interest in antimicrobial agents and contamination control goes back 50 years to my tour as a microbiologist in a field hospital in Europe during World War II. With no experience and relying solely on a military handbook, I prepared thermometer trays with jars of blue bichloride of mercury and pink isopropyl alcohol. A preliminary typhoid diagnosis of one of our cooks resulted in the need for lab testing. His stool specimen and its subsequent disposal was my problem. My handbook said bum it. So burn it T did, in a five-gallon can with gasoline. Flames shot up almost six feet, and my next mistake was to extinguish them with carbon tetrachloride. This resulted in the production of lethal phosgene gas. The hospital had a near disaster. I could say that at that moment I vowed to write a how-to book so that such stupidities could be avoided. Nevertheless, when I was offered the opportunity to edit this book I thought back on the need for a real, practical treatment of my subject. This book, then, is a practical handbook for technical service personnel and scientists who are not necessarily specialists in microbiology. It provides information on suitable antimicrobial agents appropriate to their particular problem-solving needs and information on the microbial groups contributing to the specific problem, their ecologies, and strategies for controlling their access to the area or material of interest.

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This is a very well presented book...an excellent teaching aid for tertiary insitutes. - Food Australia

Synopsis

Biocides and preservatives are used in a wide range of industries to prevent microbiological contamination and the deterioration of commercial products, materials and systems. This book is a practical guide which provides details of the biological, physical and chemical properties of antimicrobial agents and the applications for which they can be used. Attention is paid to the legislation governing biocide use and only approved compounds are discussed. The practical approach of this volume should make this text useful to scientists and technical service personnel concerned with the preservation of foodstuffs, cosmetics, textiles and other commercial materials.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0751402125
• ISBN 13: 9780751402124
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 439
• Editor: Rossmoore H.W.