D Value Graph Microbiology
I have the data lines already plotted.
D value graph microbiology. Z value z value is the number of degrees of temperature change necessary to change the d value by a factor of 10. Another value we discussed was the z value. In microbiology d value refers to decimal reduction time or decimal reduction dose and is the time or dose required at a given condition e g. I can not figure out how to calculate d values from a graph with log survivors on the y axis and time on the x axis.
The d value was determined by inoculating 100 ml of disinfecting solution with 1 ml of a bacterial suspension 104 105 cfu ml for vegetative and spore forms. Prior to the selection of disinfectants for low intermediate and high sterilizing levels the decimal reduction time d value for the most common and persistent bacteria identified at a health care facility should be determined. Conversely a 10 decrease in temperature will increase our d value by 1 log. A d value is denoted with the capital letter d.
The d value is used in microbiology to know how long it would take to kill 90 of microorganisms in some kind of sample at a very specific temperature. In microbiology in the context of a sterilization procedure the d value or decimal reduction time or decimal reduction dose is the time or dose required at a given condition e g. This means that each 10 increases in temperature will reduce our d value by 1 log. I calculated the slope for each but don t know how or if i can use that to determine the d value of each line.
Temperature or set of conditions to achieve a log reduction that is to kill 90 or 1 log of relevant microorganisms. The d value at an unknown temperature can be calculated knowing the d value at a given temperature provided the z value is known. So then if we have a d value of 4 5 minutes at 150 we can calculate d values for 160 by reducing the time by 1 log. So our new d value for 160 is 0 45 minutes.