Evaluation of Sterilisation Techniques for Regenerative Medicine Scaffolds Fabricated with Polyurethane Nonbiodegradable and Bioabsorbable Nanocomposite Materials

Table 3

Summary of POSS-PCL and POSS-PCU sterilisation efficacy for bleach (SDIC), ethanol, ethylene oxide, gamma, plasma, antibiotic/antimycotic, UV, and autoclaving sterilisation techniques. All control samples (3) of POSS-PCU and POSS-PCL and 1 of 9 POSS-PCL samples sterilised using UV and antibiotic/antimycotic were infected.

Sterilisation Method		Control	Bleach (SDIC)	Ethanol	Ethylene Oxide	Gamma	Plasma	Antibiotic/Antimycotic	UV	Autoclaving
POSS-PCL	TSB	9/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	1/9	1/9	N/A
	THY	9/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	1/9	1/9	N/A
POSS-PCU	TSB	9/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9
	THY	9/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9	0/9