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If you forget to autoclave them or not done properly you end up with infected patients, risk is just too much
by faangguyindia 6mo ago
If you forget to autoclave them or not done properly you end up with infected patients, risk is just too much
- NDlurker 6mo agoPrions aren't destroyed by autoclave
- Loughla 6mo agoNo but viruses and bacteria are. What's your point and how common is transmitting prions?
- NDlurker 6mo agoMy point is disposable is superior
- Marsymars 6mo agoThey can "survive" autoclave cycles that render other pathogens dead/inactive, but there do exist autoclave cycles that seem to pretty reliably inactivate prions.
- seb1204 6mo agoSounds like the same risk as this situation of reusing them.
- kube-system 6mo agoWell if you’re going to infect people, might as well save money while doing so :)
- jjk166 6mo agoWe sterilize plenty of other common tools like scalpels so that doesn't seem like a valid reason. Obviously the disposable design is not even an adequate solution to the risk of cross contamination. I would imagine if it were a real concern you could easily add something like a color changing strip that would indicate whether the needle has been autoclaved since its last use without rendering it useless.