English to Italian Medical Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) annulus cushion base

This invention relates to a process for counting spores on a treated biological indicator, wherein the treated
biological indicator has been exposed to a sterilization process, the process using a capacitance test system comprising
the capacitance device (100) of the invention, the process comprising: (a) calibrating the capacitance test system to
establish (1) an +++ all dead +++ capacitance control value using an all dead control biological indicator containing spores where
all of the spores are dead, and (2) an all live capacitance control value using a live control biological indicator containing
spores where all of the spores are alive, the +++ all dead +++ control biological indicator and the all live control biological indicator
being the same except for the presence of dead or live spores, the +++ all dead and all live +++ control biological indicators having
the same estimated number of spores; (b) determining the difference between the all live capacitance control value and
the all dead capacitance control value to obtain a net capacitance control value; (c) dividing the net capacitance control
value by the estimated number of spores on the all live control biological indicator to obtain a capacitance value for each
spore; (d) determining the capacitance value for a treated biological indicator; (e) determining the difference between
the capacitance value for the treated biological indicator in (d) and the all dead capacitance control value in (a) to obtain
a net capacitance treated value; and (f) dividing the net capacitance treated value in (e) by the capacitance value for
each spore in (c) to obtain the number of live spores on the treated biological indicator