Lesson 22 · Sterilization Process
Hot is not enough. Steam must touch every surface, for long enough, and carry its moisture with it.
In this lesson
Say why steam is the usual first choice and why cleaning has to come first, name the four conditions every steam cycle must meet and the one that fails most often, tell saturated steam from superheated steam, and follow a cycle from air removal to drying.
- What steam needs to sterilizeShort read · 4 min
- Check yourself6 questions
- Steam quality, air removal and the cycleShort read · 4 min
- Put it to work5 questions
About 16 min · 2 short reads · 11 questions