Sterilization Method

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Contents

1. What is Sterilization?
2. Types of Sterilization Methods.
3. What is ETO Sterilization?
4. Why where ETO Sterilization used?
5. Advantages of ETO
6. Disadvantages of ETO
7. Contact us

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What is Sterilization?

• Sterilization is a phrase referring to any
  process that eliminates or kills all forms of
  microbial life, including transmissible agents(
  such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, spore forms,
  etc.) present on a surface, contained in a fluid,
  in medication, or in a compound such as
  biological culture media.
• Sterilization can be achieved by applying the
  proper combination of heat, chemicals, and
  irradiation, high reassure, filtration.

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Types of Sterilization Methods

• There are mainly following sterilization methods
  are in use.
• Heat based Sterilization
• Chemical based Sterilization
• Radiation Sterilization

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Let us talk about the ETO Sterilization

• ETO Stands for Ethylene Oxide Sterilization
• Eto Sterilizer is used to sterilize hospital
  instruments
• Ethylene Oxide sterilization process ensures that
  a safe product is delivered each time.
• The time taken by the process varies as per the
  product which needs to be sterilized.
• Usually, the time taken lies between 36 to 48
  hours while the exposed gas time is just 1 to 6
  hours varies as per the product to be sanitized.

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Why where ETO sterilization used?

• ETO Sterilization process is widely used for the
  sterilization of healthcare devices and
  instruments.
• World / industries have been praising
  sterilization by steam superlative for
  destroying bacteria, fungi and spores.
• Steam sterilization is also most cost effective
  easy to use method available but steam is not
  applicable to all materials and instruments.

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Proces of the Ethylene oxide sterilization

• There are four primary variable used in this
  process.
• These are temperature, humidity, the time and the
  gas concentration.
• In this process, a product which needs to be
  sterilized kept in vacuum container.
• Then the product is exposed to Ethylene oxide
  gas.
• Thus the Ethylene oxide gas is used to sterilize
  the healthcare products and instruments.

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Advantage of Eto Sterilizer

• ETO Sterilizer operate at a very low temperature
• High efficiency- destroys micro- organisms
  including resistant spores.
• Large sterilizing volume/ chamber capacity.
• Non-corrosive to plastic, metal and rubber
  materials.

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Disadvantage of Eto Sterilizer

• Excessively long cycle.
• ETO is flammable
• Requires special room conditions, safety
  equipments and separate ventilation system.
• Not recommended for flexible scope.

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Sterilization Cycle in ETO Sterilizer

• There are 3 phase in ETO Sterilizer
• Pre-conditioning Phase
• Sterilization Phase
• Aeration Phase

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