摘要 |
<p>The invention provides a simple, safe and effective method for treating bone and making it suitable for transplantation comprising: a) contacting said bone with a global decontaminating agent effective to inactivate bacteria, fungi, virus and parasites; b) cleaning said bone; and c) terminally decontaminating said cleaned bone by contacting it with a global decontaminating agent effective to inactivate bacteria, fungi, virus and parasites. The invention also provides a method of cleaning bone which can be used in step (b) of the method described above and comprises contacting the bone with detergent under high pressure washing conditions at elevated temperatures.</p> |