它是英国爱丁堡皇家医院微生物学院J.H.Bowie和JDick开发的试验方法，用于 测试由高压真空型灭菌装置对通气性物体进行灭菌处理的效果。美国医学器械协会 (AAMI)也将其用作确认灭菌装置运行情况的标准方法。该试验是将测试卡放在毛巾 包的中部作成测试包， 将其放置在灭菌装置内的规定位置，进行121℃/20分或 134℃/3.5分的灭菌循环后，取出测试包，根据测试卡的颜色变化判断灭菌装置的 性能。当发生真空泵故障、灭菌循环、控制不完全、灭菌室漏气等情况时，测试卡 的颜色不均匀，从而可以简单地发现灭菌装置的异常。
It is a test method developed by J.H.Bowie and JDick of the School of Microbiology at the Royal Hospital of Edinburgh, UK, to test the effect of sterilization of ventilated objects by high-pressure vacuum sterilization devices. The American Medical Device Association (AAMI) also uses it as a standard method for confirming the operation of sterilization devices. The test is to place the test card in the middle of the towel bag to make a test kit, place it in the specified position in the sterilization device, carry out a 121 ℃/20 min or 134℃/3.5 min point sterilization cycle, take out the test kit, and judge the performance of the sterilization device according to the color change of the test card. When there is a vacuum pump failure, sterilization cycle, incomplete control, sterilization chamber leakage, etc., the color of the test card is not uniform, so that the abnormality of the sterilization device can be easily found.

*以上测试卡为英国布朗公司生产

Bowie-Dick测试是判断高压蒸汽灭菌装置运行是否正常、是否能进行彻底灭菌的试验方法，在欧美已广泛普及。嘉瑞产品以世界标准的灭菌装置为目标，在灭菌设备上装配了Bowie-Dick测试程序，迅速实现了医疗界所期待的国际规格的目标，进一步提高了防感染水平。