List of instruments used in microbiological sterilization and disinfection
This is a list of instruments used in microbiological sterilization and disinfection.[1][2][3]
Instrument list
| Instrument | Uses |
|---|---|
| Instrument sterilizers | Used to sterilize instruments in absence of an autoclave |
| Dressing drums | storage of gowns, cotton, linen, etc. |
| The microscope | used for visualising minute structures including microbes |
| Various stains | used to stain microscopic slides to get contrast |
| Hot air oven | used in sterilizing instruments for various aseptic procedures, specially if that can not be autoclaved like powders |
| Koch's or Arnold's steam sterilizer | used for steam sterilization |
| A pressure cooker | used as a portable autoclave |
| Biological and chemical indicators | Used to ascertain if a certain process has been completed, e.g. spores used in an autoclave are killed if autoclaving is properly done |
| Filters: | |
| •Candle filter: | used as household water filters and as filters for large particles in the laboratories |
| ••Diatomaceous earth filters like the Berkefeld filter | -do- |
| ••Unglazed porcelain filters like the Chamberland filter | -do- |
| •Disk filter or Seitz filter | previously used as bacteriological filters; presently obsolete |
| •Sintered glass filter | used as a good particle filter in laboratories |
| •Membrane filter and Syringe filter | used as primary bacterial/cell filters in procedures as toxin, immunoglobulin, etc. production, where the product gets denatured on heating |
| •Air filter | like HEPA filter, used in various laboratories and clean rooms to produce lamellar air flow |
| Radiation: | |
| •Gamma ray source | used in sterilization of heat-labile products like plastic or rubber syringes, catheters and gloves |
| •X-ray source | -do- |
| •Infrared light source | -do- |
| •Ultraviolet light source | -do- |
| Inspissator | used to produce culture media for bacteriology that contain egg or serum, which coagulate on heating |
| Tyndallizer | a process of sterilization from spore bearing bacteria; video link |
| Water bath | to heat things uniformly from all sides at a set temperature up to the boiling point of water |
| Needle Destroyer | Burns the needle electrically either cuts the syringe manually or burns it electrically |
| Sharps container[4] | A imperforable container for sharp wastes like needles, blades, microscope slides, broken glass, etc. |
| Cardboard biomedical waste containers | |
| Reusable tubs[5] | |
| Colour coded biomedical waste bags (India)[6] | - |
| •Yellow plastic bags | for human anatomical, animal, microbiological and soiled waste |
| •Red disinfected container or plastic bags | microbiological waste, solid waste(IV tubes, catheters, etc.) |
| •Blue or White plastic bag or puncture proof containers | sharps, disposable tubing, etc. |
| •Black Plastic bag or puncture proof containers | discarded medicines, incineration ash, chemical waste |
| Disinfectants | for cleaning |
| Incinerators | to burn biomedical wastes like removed body parts, blood, gauze, linen, etc. |
References
- Ananthanarayan, R.; Paniker, C.K. Jayaram (2006). Ananthanarayan and Paniker's Textbook of Microbiology. Orient Longman. pp. 24–33. ISBN 9788125028086. OCLC 1040485216.
- Baveja, C. P. (2005). Textbook of Microbiology. Arya Publications. ISBN 9788178552668. OCLC 868917866.
- "Biological waste | Office of Risk Management". University of Ottawa, Canada. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2008.
- http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/391/3/4/15.pdf. Archived 2008-06-18 at the Wayback Machine
- "Maine Hospital Association, Biomedical Waste Facility". Archived from the original on 2010-11-06. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
- Rao, S. K. M.; Ranyal, R. K.; Bhatia, S. S.; Sharma, V. R. (April 2006). "Biomedical Waste Management: An Infrastructural Survey of Hospitals" (PDF). IndMed Database. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2008.
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