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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Francois Ahimou, Woodbury, MN (US);
RuthAnn R. Duda, Eagan, MN (US);
G. Marco Bommarito, Stillwater, MN (US);
Timothy J. Nies, Stillwater, MN (US);
Kai Qiu, Shangahi, CN;
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A composition for monitoring the efficacy of a decontamination process is provided, the composition comprising a cellulose polymer and a predetermined quantity of an adenine nucleotide. A monitoring device comprising a test element with the composition disposed thereon is also provided. The composition and/or monitoring device can be used in a method. The method includes exposing the monitoring device to a decontamination process and subsequently measuring the residual tracer analyte on the monitoring device.