How is the distinction made between sterilization and disinfection as it relates to pressure steam sterilizers? Disinfection and sterilization are two different essentials. Sterilization can include disinfection, while disinfection cannot replace sterilization. Disinfection is mostly used in sanitary and epidemiological aspects, while sterilization is mainly used in medical care. Pressure steam sterilizer sterilization and disinfection, cleaning, disinfection, sterilization is an important part of the prevention and control of hospital infections, which includes cleaning, disinfection, diagnostic and therapeutic appliances, instruments, drugs, disinfection, sterilization, as well as disinfection of infected patients in contact with the isolation and terminal disinfection and other measures. The following Shangfeng machinery briefly introduces our products on the concept of sterilization and disinfection.
1, sterilization refers to kill or remove all microorganisms on the media (including germ cells), so that it reaches the degree of sterility. Sterilized items are called "sterile items". Used to need to enter the human body, including blood, tissue, body cavity of medical equipment, such as surgical instruments, injection equipment, all placed into the body cavity of the drainage tube, etc., requires absolute sterility.
2, disinfection refers to the killing or removal of pathogenic microorganisms on the transmission medium to achieve harmless treatment. According to the presence or absence of known infectious agents can be divided into prophylactic disinfection and epidemic disinfection; according to the time of disinfection can be divided into anytime disinfection and terminal disinfection.