HIGH TEMPERAURE STEAM

WHAT IS IT?

• Of all methods available for sterilization
• moist heat in theform of saturated steam under pressure
• in the most widely used and most dependable.

THE THREE DISTINCT PHASES IN ALLL TYPES OF STEAM STERILIZATION

• conditioning, sometimes called steam preconditioning
• exposure or holding time
• exhaust or drying

THE THREE TYPES OF HIGH TEMPERATURE STEAM STERILIZERS

• Flash
• gravity displacement
• dynamic

FLASH

• Another name
• What is it?
• How it works?
• Fun fact

GRAVITY DISPLACEMENT

• What is it used for?
• what is the advantages?
• Some facts

DYNAMIC AIR REMOVAL STERILIER

• How does it work?
• What are the different steps?

WORK CITIED

• Cdc.gov
• Workbook for surgical technology: principles and practice 6e