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Archive > August, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 8

What's New in Low-temperature Sterilization

Find out how the new H202 vapor system stacks up against plasma, EtO and peracetic acid.

Nathan Hall, Associate Editor

If you're in the market for a low-temperature sterilizer, you'll need to brush up on the latest options. Gone are the days when the only choices for low-temperature sterilization were ethylene oxide or peracetic acid. In effect, those choices were an effective sterilization that took 16 hours and a considerably quicker, wet method where instruments weren't wrapped afterward.

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