Any surgical tools and materials that come into contact with surgical areas need to be meticulously cleaned through special methods to ensure that the tools and materials are free from any bacteria, viruses, germs and any other impurities. There are several methods to ensure such cleanliness – here are some:
- Sterilization with steam or in an autoclave – this process involves the careful placement of the instruments into a special pack, then the placement of the pack into the chamber of a machine that generates steam and pressure to eliminate any contaminants;
- Sterilization with ethylene oxide – this method involves the use of ethylene oxide gas to sterilize objects that cannot withstand high heat or high pressure;
- Cleaning in glass bead sterilization machines – this method is suitable only for the partial re-sterilization of instruments during surgical interventions (usually applied only on the tip of the instruments) and is not accepted as a method for the initial, complete sterilization of surgical tools and materials. The method involves the preliminary removal of any blood and other tissue from the tip of the instrument, followed by the placement of the instrument into the chamber with the heated glass beads for about 10-15 seconds. The instruments being sterilized this way become hot during the procedure, therefore they need to be cooled before reusing them.
Originally Posted over here: How Surgical Tools Are Sterilized
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