>Given the extremes required for sterilization in terms of either temperature or time It can be as little as 4 minutes for steam at 270*F/~32 psi for medical i

>Given the extremes required for sterilization in terms of either temperature or time It can be as little as 4 minutes for steam at 270*F/~32 psi for medical instruments. That is usually for immediate-needs and 45 min cycles were more typical for what I had to do for a job. Boiling water isn't certainly going to do it. It's probably safer and cheaper to just buy them in bulk and throw them away after a few days of usage than try to sterilize them.