Goullet D
C.A.M.S.P., Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon.
Agressologie. 1992;33 Spec No 3:121-3.
Sterilization of biomaterials, in hospitals, must be considered as the re-sterilization (and not reuse) of devices: prostheses, implants, catheters... This practice is not allowed, according to the circular of may 14 th, 1986; however it is a necessity in various cases. It must be realised with an extreme care, after evaluation of the different methods of sterilization: steam, dry-heat, ethylene oxide, formaldehyde or ionizing radiations and of their effects on the behaviour of the biomaterial.
在医院中，生物材料的灭菌必须被视为对器械（假体、植入物、导管等）的再次灭菌（而非重复使用）。根据1986年5月14日的通知，这种做法是不被允许的；然而在各种情况下这又是必要的。在评估了不同的灭菌方法（蒸汽、干热、环氧乙烷、甲醛或电离辐射）及其对生物材料性能的影响之后，必须极其谨慎地进行灭菌操作。
