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Re: the medical instrument - why isn't bleach used in such a case then, or even as a standard procedure before autoclaving? (Or does that just damage the metal
by user_7832 5y ago
Re: the medical instrument - why isn't bleach used in such a case then, or even as a standard procedure before autoclaving? (Or does that just damage the metal instead?)
- sneak 5y agoBleach is like $1 and a lot of the instruments thrown away are hundreds of dollars, and the hospital administration knows both of these figures. I'm assuming that bleach is insufficient for this purpose.
- beerandt 5y agoIdk about bleach, but if you look at some of the studies, 600deg treatment for over a day and similar protocols were being evaluated, and even those scales of energy weren't clearly enough.
- nokcha 5y agoLooks like bleach (sodium hypochlorite) plus autoclaving is a method recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), for whatever that's worth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion#Sterilization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prion#Sterilization