According to professionals, ethylene oxide gas sterilization is widely used and technically mature in the sterilization technology of medical devices and hygiene products. As early as the 1960s, advanced countries in the world had applied ethylene oxide gas sterilization technology to fields such as healthcare, hygiene, industry, agriculture, and environmental sanitation. In the early 1990s, China also began to widely apply these fields.
The specific advantages of ethylene oxide sterilization are as follows:
1. Can be used for sterilization of items that are not resistant to high temperatures and moisture.
2. Ethylene oxide is considered to be the most effective chemical sterilizer, capable of killing all microorganisms including bacterial spores.
3. Strong penetrability, can be used for sterilization of various difficult to penetrate parts: for example, some thinner and longer catheters are difficult to achieve sterilization effect with other low-temperature sterilization methods.
4. Due to the fact that EO kills microorganisms using the principle of alkylation rather than oxidation, it causes minimal damage to objects and has a wide range of applications for sterilizing heat-resistant precision instruments.
5. During sterilization, various packaging materials can be used for easy storage and transportation, and the package can be opened to avoid the risk of cross contamination.
6. There are standardized chemical and biological monitoring methods to effectively control sterilization quality and promptly detect packages that have failed sterilization.
