What is the effect of ultraviolet light on bone allograft?
Last Updated: Feb 15, 2016
We have an ultraviolet light box in the office for sterilizing instruments that can not be sterilized in the autoclave. The assistant placed a bottle of recently opened bone allograft ( cortical and cancellous mixture) overnight in it. Will the ultraviolet be harmful to the allograft, or is it possibly even beneficial?
3 Comments on What is the effect of ultraviolet light on bone allograft?
Dennis Flanagan DDS MSc
02/16/2016
Dennis Thompson
02/17/2016
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