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About How Different Sterilisation Methods Were Developed?
During time of conflict and war, new sterilization methods tend to
be developed. EO sterilization was developed after WWII for germ
warfare. Radiation was driven in part during the cold war as a
means of using unused source of radiation. In the terrorist
anthrax challenge, x-ray irradiation appears to be a practical
means of sterilizing / sanitizing pallets of mail against anthrax,
that other current methods couldn’t complete adequately or in
time. For the first time in history we have x-rays and the
capability of sterilizing bulk, dense mass and large volume of
untreated (contaminated) healthcare product in a matter of
minutes, just in time, without the additional handling associated
with unloading and loading.
(Ref: Sterilization of polymer healthcare products - Wayne
Rogers)
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