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HEAT AND CORROSION EFFECTS DURING STERILIZATION OF SURGICAL CUTTING INSTRUMENTS
Author(s) -
Goad P. W.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1956.tb06375.x
Subject(s) - sterilization (economics) , sodium carbonate , boiling , medicine , corrosion , sodium , metallurgy , sodium nitrite , materials science , food science , chemistry , organic chemistry , foreign exchange , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market
Summary EFFECTS of heat and corrosion during sterilization by hot air, steam pressure and boiling in alkaline solutions are investigated. The temper of cutting instruments is unlikely to be seriously affected by exposure to temperatures up to 320°F. Sterilization by steam under pressure may under certain conditions cause heavy corrosion. Sodium carbonate and sodium carbonate‐sodium nitrite sterilizing solutions inhibit corrosion. Corrosive attack does not occur preferentially at fine cutting edges.