autoclave question

[frankri]

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Question
Lets say you have tested your autoclave and its 100% working well
If you put a flask with a contaminated liquid in the autoclave, is it getting sterile after a cycle?
What about blood in the liquid?

Lets say there is blood in a local anesthesic cartridge, if it gets through the autoclave cycle, is it considered sterile?
Thanks

 

[frankri]

anyone?

 

[Daurang]

Yes. The blood stain may stick on the instruments, which still make you look really bad, but it is sterilized.

 

[frankri]

thanks doc, but is it sterile even if the blood is inside a liquid (local anesthesic) in a GLASS cartridge?

 

[Daurang]

sterile...yes. contaminated...yes. I could be wrong so someone correct me if so.

 

[doc toothache]

Fortunately for us, microorganisms cannot hide behind glass.