Mathews I P, Samuel A H, Gibson C
J Inst Sterile Serv Manage. 1989 Jun;1(5):4-7.
Hospitals and manufacturers of medical supplies use ethylene oxide (EO) gas almost exclusively to sterilize devices that are heat sensitive. However, the evidence relating the mutagenicity and cytogeneticity shows the desirability of reducing personal exposure to a practical minimum.
医院和医疗用品制造商几乎仅使用环氧乙烷(EO)气体对热敏器械进行灭菌。然而,有关致突变性和细胞遗传学的证据表明,将个人暴露量降至实际最低限度是可取的。