Sterilization Methods

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.