Biohazard Sterilization

Sterilization in today’s infection control environment has taken on a new level of safety. Increasing the risk of infection spread is precisely what laboratory technicians need to avoid, and when dealing with microorganisms, it is critical to understand what your autoclave can do for you.

Laboratory autoclaves are designed for research institutes, universities, microbiological, food, and chemical labs. These autoclaves must be able to provide high quality, dependable performance that will allow for the smooth operation of life science cutting-edge research, which drives scientific innovation as well as enabling safe sample testing.

If surgical instruments are not cleared of bio-burden (meaning detectable biological contamination from the previous case), disaster unfolds. If a patient is harmed by exposure to a poorly processed surgical instrument, it gets out in the press; the Joint Commission descends upon the institution and everything shuts down.

The autoclave steam sterilization process relies on monitoring three parameters: time, temperature, and pressure. We use heat to perform sterilization and our carrier is moisture in an exact value. In order to achieve an effective sterilization process, we should have control of each one of the three parameters combined, in order to produce saturated steam.

Besides the well-known biohazard symbol and full body-suit protective gear, many of us know that dangerous diseases are studied in biosafety laboratories, such as Anthrax, and Ebola, etc.