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| 1962 || Disinfection research || Bacterial infection || It is found that the rate of bacterial spore destruction improves with simultaneous applied ionizing and thermal processing.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1962 || Disinfection method introduction || || Robert McDonald invents the prehumidification step for effective ethylene oxide sterilization.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1962 || Disinfectant research || || The first antimicrobial indications of dialdehydes, e.g., {{w|glutaldehyde}}, are described by Pepper and Liebermann.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1963 || Disinfection method introduction || || The first gamma irradiator is used in the United States for sterilization of medical devices.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1963 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || || Gaseous {{w|propylene oxide}} is used to sterilize and de-infest food products.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1963 || Scientific development || Microbial infection || Guerin shows that desiccated microbes are more resistant to ozone than hydrated cells.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1964 || Disinfection method introduction || || {{w|Johnson and Johnson}} provides commercial {{w|gamma irradiation}}.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1964 || Disinfection method introduction || || Armstrong discovers a gaseous ozone sterilization process.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1965 || Disinfectant research || || Sydney Rubbo and Joan Gardner show that {{w|glutaraldehyde }} is not only more effective than {{w|formaldehyde }} but also less irritating.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1966 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || || Hand sanitizers are first introduced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lupe Hernandez and the Invention of Hand Sanitizer |url=https://invention.si.edu/lupe-hernandez-and-invention-hand-sanitizer |website=invention.si.edu |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref> ||
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| 1966 || Disinfection method introduction || || Alder and co-workers develop a low temperature steam and {{w|formaldehyde }} system similar to high vacuum steam sterilization but operating at 65-80°C.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1967 || Disinfectant research || || Saul Kaye demonstrates that formic acid is microcidal synergistic with {{w|ethylene oxide}} and other epoxides.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1968 || Concept development || || Paul Borick describes and defines chemosterilizers{{w|chemosterilizer}}s.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Borick |first1=Paul M. |title=Chemical Sterilizers (Chemosterilizers). |doi=10.1016/S0065-2164(08)70195-3 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0065216408701953 |accessdate=25 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=Sonyja |last2=Russell |first2=A. Denver |title=Temperature-induced changes in the sporicidal activity and chemical properties of glutaraldehyde. |doi=10.1128/aem.28.3.331-335.1974 |url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Temperature-induced-changes-in-the-sporicidal-and-Thomas-Russell/88a8b63039102e2ad6fb7a4b24521213294fc74d}}</ref> ||
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| 1968 || Disinfection method introduction || || Earle H. Spaulding devises a rational approach of disinfection and classification for patient care items and equipment – non-critical items, semi-critical items, and critical items.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1969 || Disinfection research || || Marcel Reynolds discovers the feasibility of using thermo-irradiation as sterilization of {{w|spacecraft}}.<ref name="Rogers"/> ||
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| 1960s || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || || {{w|Glutaraldehyde}} comes into medical use.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Booth|first1=Anne|title=Sterilization of Medical Devices|date=1998|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781574910872|page=8|language=en|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923210311/https://books.google.com/books?id=a-HfyG5XuM8C&pg=PA8}}</ref> ||
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