With the present rate of the pandemic spread, our doctors bear the responsibility of taking care of many patients simultaneously, often for long hours at a time. Consequently, the need for maintaining sanitation and cleanliness is growing.
Fortunately, most hospitals and medical facilities carry seven different types of sterilization machines to help keep up with the patient increase. Let’s discuss these machines and how they benefit our population to remain healthy.
Pure Steam Generator
Pure steam generators operate by generating clean, pure steam. This saturated steam is produced from additive-free water that is dry but not overheated. This machine is perhaps the most efficient approach to sanitation compared to other methods because it’s natural and cost-effective.
Sterilizing and Dehydrogenation Tunnel
This sanitation tool employs hot air to sanitize instruments. It’s loaded on a stainless-steel mesh belt and moved through various hot and cold spaces. It’s constructed so that it ensures a seamless transition during the preparation of pharmaceutical glassware such as vials.
Dry Heat Sterilizer
This type of sterilization machine involves treatment that includes more than gases. The dry heat sterilizer must be heated to kill germs and pyrogens that can harm the equipment and degrade their quality. This machine is quite popular in the medical and scientific community.
Hospital ETO Sterilizer
Ethylene Oxide sterilizers (ETO) are gas sterilizers used to sanitize a variety of surgical tools and commodities that are typically susceptible to heat or moisture. It uses a vacuum-based procedure that allows it to permeate the majority of the surface of hospital instruments.
Super-Heated Water Spray Sterilizer
The concept of moist-heat sterilization under counter-pressure is used in this type of sanitizing apparatus. They’re equipped with a sanitary pump for water recirculation and have a spray system inside that heats and cools the materials that need to be filtered.
Bung Washer Cum Processor
This medical sterilization machine is a single tool that both sterilizes and rinses medical equipment. It’s in charge of sterilizing bungs—the seals used to cork vials. The bung washer cum processor has the advantage of allowing numerous activities to be completed simultaneously with a single piece of equipment.
Hydrogen Peroxide and Gas-Plasma Sterilization
This machine combines hydrogen peroxide and gas plasma to sterilize most medical instruments rapidly and safely without leaving hazardous traces. It has programmable control software that allows authorized people to change sterilization protocols and settings.
These autoclave sterilization machines have many advantages, though they can be expensive and might work for one office better than another. Try to talk with your team to determine which device is suitable for your office.
Now that you understand the seven different types of sterilization machines used to clean and prepare medical equipment for use, you can continue keeping patients safe.
