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A pharmaceutical product contains 1 x 100 cfu/mL, how many decimal reductions are required to reach the accepted Sterility As
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Generally, Sterility Assurence Level (SAL) of a Sterilant is 10-6 that means a probability of not more than one microorganism present in one million sterilised items ofthe total product.  

Here, the product contains 109 CFU/ml

To achieve one million (106) microorganism from 109 CFU/ml we have to reduce 3 decimel reduction .

So, the answer is 150.

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