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autoclavePressurized vessel that uses superheated steam to sterilize materials and equipment such as surgical instruments. It is similar in principle to a pressure cooker. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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All ophthalmologists reused some surgical instruments and cleaned instruments by either autoclaving or the ethylene oxide gas method, which have been reported to incompletely sterilize [PrP. The tapes can be formed by compression molding or vacuum-bag autoclaving. You can imagine how dirty a handpiece turbine can get if the debris is not flushed out of the head prior to autoclaving. |
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