Dr. Mario Finkiel, Ph. D.

The word radiation and radioactive are often associated with the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and therefore have earned a negative reputation.

La utilización de autoclaves en altas latitudes comenzó junto con la historia de nuestra entrada en el mercado de América del Sur, la cual se inició hace más de 18 años.

High altitude autoclaving goes side-by-side with the story of our entrance into the South American market, which began over 18 years ago, and had many challenges.

Our first post in this series examines Ethylene Oxide Sterilization commonly called EtO. Why use alternative methods to steam?

Steam often travels distances through piping before it enters the autoclave chamber and makes contact with the contaminated load.

In order to understand why autoclaves are most commonly used for sterilization we need to understand its driving force - steam.

This post will focus on the most common methods that use heat to sterilize. So grab a cool icy drink, it's going to get hot. Very hot.

This post is the kick off of a long discussion concerning the evolution of the different methods of sterilization that were developed over the years.