Williams D
Clinical Engineering Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK.
Med Device Technol. 1997 Jul-Aug;8(6):6-9.
All medical devices have to be sterilized, but the process of killing bacteria and other organisms can also have some deleterious effects on the devices themselves. This article discusses the mechanisms by which gamma irradiation can cause polymer damage and the potential consequences of this.
所有医疗设备都必须进行消毒，但杀灭细菌和其他生物体的过程也可能对设备本身产生一些有害影响。本文讨论了伽马射线辐射导致聚合物损伤的机制及其潜在后果。
