Heat labile instruments for use in surgical procedures can be best sterilized by

[Medicoman]

Heat labile instruments for use in surgical procedures can be best sterilized by -

• 1. Absolute alcohol
• 2. Ultraviolet rays
• 3. Chlorine releasing compounds
• 4. Ethylene oxide gas

exp:

“Ethylene oxide used mainly by industry for the sterilization of plastic and other thermolabile material that cannot withstand heating"------------ Greenwood 16th /e p. 74.

• Other methods for sterilization of heat labile instruments

• Ionizing radiation

• Formaldehyde in combination with subatmospheric steam.